Zealand

Copenhagen's home island

Zealand most commonly appears in New Zealand, the island nation in the South Pacific.

The name derives from Zeeland, a province in the Netherlands, though the two places have no other connection.

Zealand alone occasionally refers to the Danish island (Sjælland) where Copenhagen sits.

In American usage, Zealand almost always means New Zealand: She's from Zealand originally.

Danish

Copenhagen

Denmark's capital city

Denmark · archipelago · Vikings · hygge · smørrebrød · Lego · Carlsberg · Danes

New

Aotearoa

Indigenous name for NZ

Maori · Rotorua · Hobbiton · kauri · manuka · kiwifruit · moa · Queenstown · Pacific

geographic

island

Water-bounded land mass

strait · peninsula · mainland · continental · glacial · moraine · volcanic · temperate · maritime · coastline

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danish geography

ZealandJutland

Danish mainland peninsula

OLD WORLD vs NEW WORLD NAMESAKES

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Pacific island nation

Zeeland

Phrases
Family

New Zealand, New Zealanders

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G