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New Zealand definition

New Zea·land (zē′lənd)

country made up of two large & several small islands in the S Pacific, southeast of Australia: discovered in 1642, became a British colony (1841), & achieved complete independence in 1931; member of the Commonwealth: 104,454 sq mi (270,535 sq km); pop. 3,435,000; cap. Wellington

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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