Zealand

American  

[zee-luhnd] / ˈzi lənd /

noun

1. the largest island of Denmark: Copenhagen is located here. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km).

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Zealand British  

/ ˈziːlənd /

noun

1. Danish name: Sjælland.  German name: Seeland.  the largest island of Denmark, separated from the island of Funen by the Great Belt and from S Sweden by the Sound (both now spanned by road bridges). Chief town: Copenhagen. Pop: 2 096 449 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Zealander
  noun

Example Sentences

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Zealand

Mohr-Elzeki said his clients from California are also interested in New Zealand, which offers a faster path to residency than many European countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

In the new competition, the Red Roses will take on Australia, Canada and New Zealand on home soil in September before further tests across the Atlantic against Canada again and the USA in October.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Prof. Mike Steel, from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and Prof. Daniel Huson from the University of Tübingen brought expertise in analyzing complex networks to the project.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Benavente had "never" had so many foreign tourists, including visitors from Belgium, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Germany, she added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Tests on other samples–from Denmark, Spain, France, New Zealand, Antarctica–showed that the iridium deposit was worldwide and greatly elevated everywhere, sometimes by as much as five hundred times normal levels.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson