Zealand

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish Sjælland.

Proper noun

Zealand

1. The largest island of Denmark.

Derived terms

• Zealander

Translations

Danish island

• Basque: Sjaelland
• Bulgarian: Ше́ланд m (Šéland)
• Catalan: Sjælland
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西蘭島／西兰岛 (zh) (Xīlán dǎo)

• Czech: Sjælland
• Danish: Sjælland (da) n
• Dutch: Seeland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Zelando
• Estonian: Sjælland
• Faroese: Sæland n
• Finnish: Själlanti, Sjellanti
• French: Seeland (fr) m, L’île de Sjælland f
• Galician: Selandia
• Georgian: ზელანდია (zelandia)
• German: Seeland (de) n
• Hungarian: Sjælland
• Icelandic: Sjáland n
• Indonesian: Sjælland
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} An tSéalainn f
• Italian: Zelanda (it)
• Japanese: シェラン島 (Sheran-tō)
• Korean: 셸란 섬 (syellan seom)
• Lithuanian: Zelandija
• Mongolian: Зеланд (Zeland)
• Norwegian: Sjælland (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: Sjælland

• Old Norse: Sjáland n, Sjóland n
• Polish: Zelandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Zelândia (pt) f
• Romanian: Zealand
• Russian: Зела́ндия (ru) f (Zelándija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Зеланд

  Roman: Zeland

• Slovak: Sjælland m
• Spanish: Selandia f
• Swedish: Själland (sv)
• Turkish: Sjaelland
• Ukrainian: Зела́ндія f (Zelándija)
• Vietnamese: Zealand

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch Zeeland.

Proper noun

Zealand

1. Zeeland, the southwestern province of the Netherlands.
2. (uncommon) Clipping of New Zealand.

Derived terms

• New Zealand
• Zealander

Translations

Dutch province — see Zeeland