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# zealander

«zealander» in Mova's school dictionary: **mostly part of «New Zealander», a person who comes from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, fragment of «New Zealander» (a New Zealander, New Zealanders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) «Zealander» is mostly part of «New Zealander», a person who comes from New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#m1)

2) On its own, a Zealander is a person from Zealand, a region of Denmark or the Netherlands (Zeeland). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons and everyday life, New Zealanders live in New Zealand, a country in the Pacific Ocean south-east of Australia; they are often called «Kiwis». The first people of New Zealand are the Māori. Phrases: «New Zealander», «a fellow New Zealander».

### examples

- My penfriend is a New Zealander from Auckland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x1)
- New Zealanders are often called Kiwis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x2)
- Many New Zealanders love rugby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x3)
- The famous climber was a New Zealander. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x4)
- Zealand is an island in Denmark, so a Zealander lives there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x5)
- Our class talked to New Zealanders on a video call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/#x6)

### note

Always write it with a capital letter: «New Zealander». On its own, «zealander» is almost always a fragment of «New Zealander». «Kiwi» is a friendly nickname, also the name of a bird and a fruit.

### In the corpora

- [Indigenous populations fell in many places after contact but are growing again; about 1 in 6 New Zealanders is Māori.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/77-what-was-lost-and-what-was-gained/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zealander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.