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Nueva Zelanda

/ˌnweba θeˈlanda/

proper noun/ˌnweba θeˈlanda/

New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Calque of English New Zealand, in turn a calque of Dutch Nieuw Zeeland (literally “New Zeeland”), named after Dutch Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands, from zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).