New Zealand
Details
- Names
New Zealand
Aotearoa
Neuseeland
Nouvelle-Zélande
Nouvelle Zélande
Nueva Zelandia
Nova Zelândia
NZL
NZ
ISO554
NZ00
New Zealand, Dominion of
Dominion of New Zealand
Nieuw Zeeland
Staten Landt
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- Comprises mountainous islands; Polynesian settlements 1st cen. BCE, Maoris of SE Asia mid-14th cen.; charted by Dutch Tasman 1642, by British Cook 1769; colonized by European whalers & missionaries; wars between British immigrants & Maoris mid-19th cen.; official languages are English & Maori.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1991); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); CIA, World Fact Book (1999); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985); Engels Woordenboek (1987); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999); Rand McNally Atlas (1994)...
- Born
Sam Hamilton (New Zealander, active United States, born 1984)
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