Definitions for Zealand
ˈzi ləndZealand

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1. Zealand, Seeland, Sjaelland(noun)

   the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

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1. Zealand(ProperNoun)

   The largest island of Denmark.

2. Zealand(ProperNoun)

   Zeeland, the southwestern province of the Netherlands.

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1. Zealand

   Zealand, also Seeland is the largest island in Denmark. It is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge, to Lolland, Falster by the Storstrøm Bridge and to Sweden over Amager and the Øresund Bridge. Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is located partly on the eastern shore of Zealand and partly on Amager. Other cities on the island include Roskilde, Næstved and Elsinore.

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1. Zealand

   the largest island in the Danish Archipelago, situated between the Cattegat and the Baltic, being 81 m. long and 67 m. broad, with Copenhagen (q. v.) on the E. coast; the surface is nearly everywhere fiat, and agriculture and cattle-rearing the chief industries.

2. Zealand

   a province of the Netherlands, formed chiefly of islands, of which Walcheren (q. v.) is one, constituting a delta as if formed by the Maas and Scheldt; great part of it is reclaimed from the sea.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Zealand' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3600

How to pronounce Zealand?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zealand in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zealand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Zealand in a Sentence

1. Peter Devoy:

   INZ understands that the individuals intend to leave New Zealand next week.

2. Mark Kilgour:

   New Zealand is a very high cost site for production and we have high transportation costs, plus our dollar is all over the place because we are such a small market. Those are all compelling reasons for offshore production.

3. Paul Scofield:

   These birds evolved in different hemispheres, millions of years apart, but from a distance you would be hard-pressed The giant penguins, like these Kumimanu, that lived in Aotearoa New Zealand around 60 million years ago bore a striking resemblance to some plotopterids. (Mark Witton) to tell them apart, plotopterids looked like penguins, they swam like penguins, they probably ate like penguins -- but they werent penguins.

4. James Shaw:

   Agriculture is incredibly important to New Zealand, but it also needs to be part of the solution.

5. Charla Lord:

   In fact, since IARC classified glyphosate, regulatory authorities in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia have publicly reaffirmed that glyphosate does not cause cancer.

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