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Abel Tasman named the land Staten Landt, as it was thought to be connected to South America. Cook's voyages and surveying corrected that, and subsequently it was shown on Dutch maps as Nova Zeeland (literally new sea-land) after a province of the Netherlands. This was translated to New Zealand on the British Admiralty charts.
Some argue that the original Dutch spelling should prevail, but in that case all the native names of e.g. foreign capitals would be spelt in their mother tongue. Not a proposition likely to attract wide support.
The accepted Maori name for the country is Aotearoa - 'land of the long white cloud'.
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Where did New Zealand the word come from. why not New England. What is a Zealand. And who named our beautiful country?
New Zealand was named after Zeeland, a province. It was discovered and named by Abel Tasman
What are the names of New Zealand authors?
John P Phillip named New Zealand New Zealand
Why is New Zealand?
There is another "Zealand" in the Netherlands. I believe New Zealand was named after that part of The Netherlands.
What is the capital of New Zealand and after who was it named?
The Capital Of New Zealand is Wellington. It was named after the second most important chamber of the Dutch-east-Indian Company.
Why is the name of New Zealand spelled with Z and not with S?
New Zealand was originally named after the Netherlands province, Zeeland.
WHERE IN New Zealand is river buller?
The River Buller is on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after Charles Buller who furthered the colonization of New Zealand.
Where is the old New Zealand?
Zeeland is a province in the Netherlands and Abel Tasman (who was from the Netherlands) named New Zealand after it, after he discovered it in 1642.
Is New Zealand in euorpe?
No, alas it is easy to be confused by such. New Zealand was named after Zeeland which is in Europe. New Zealand is actually in the South Pacific a fair bit to the right of Australia.
Where is the country old zealand?
New Zealand was named after 'Zeeland' in the Netherlands. --------------- Zealand is also the English name for Sjaelland in Denmark.
Where is Zealand?
New Zealand is located at the southern hemisphere, so it's by the pacific ocean However; Zealand is a Danish island. Part of Copenhagen is on it. and ZEELAND (after which New Zealand is named) is in the Netherlands.
What is the town in New Zealand is named after people from Denmark?
Dannevirke.
Which country has a sailing team named the Kiwis?
New Zealand.
