NZ

Land of kiwis

NZ is the standard abbreviation for New Zealand, used in postal addresses, internet domains (.nz), and casual writing: I'm heading to NZ next month.

It appears in compounds like NZ dollar and organizational names.

Pronounced as the letters "en-zee" or sometimes "en-zed" following British convention.

country

Aotearoa

Indigenous name for NZ

Oceania · Pacific · Commonwealth · Southern Hemisphere · Rotorua · Queenstown · Tasman · kauri · silver fern · kiwi

rugby

All Blacks

New Zealand rugby squad

tackle · conversion · maul · ruck · silver fern · knock-on · offside · test match · black jersey

islands

North Island

New Zealand's upper island

maori

mana

Supernatural indwelling power

  • whakapapaMāori ancestral lineage system
  • wakaMāori boat or verse form
  • tikiPolynesian deity figure

tapu · poi

Categories
Opposites
Australasian regional identity

NZAustralia

Southern Hemisphere continent-country

Oz · Aussie

hemispheric/geographic location

NZUK

British sovereign state

Britain · Northern Hemisphere · Europe · North America · Canada

island nation isolation vs. continental connectivity

NZEurasia

Combined continental mass

Family

New Zealand, Zealand, Zealander, Zealanders

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G