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Zealand is a dutch word New Zealand was named after a guy that visted Aotearoa (name of the country before it was named New Zealand).
lilacslooklovely
Yes. It was actually named for Zeeland. (correct spelling) It's stil there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
PS There ARE places named Hampshire and York. They are in England, and yes the states are named for these places. Ever heard of the Duke of York? or the Duchess?
amber
named after the Dutch Province of Zeeland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland
If you think it is odd that an island on the other side of the world with no cultural connection to the netherlands is named after some part of hollad, it was named by Dutch explorer Able Tasman (tasmania is named after him).
zee_prime
There's a Zealand in Denmark and a Zeeland in the Netherlands. New Zealand was named after the one in the Netherlands. Hampshire is a county in the south of England. York is a city in the north of England.
Huge
Definately a dutch word so probably in Holland
Browner_
Yes, its a Dutch Island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland
NZ was named by Dutch cartographers. Abel Tasman originally called it "Staten Landt"
Daisy the cow
Yes, there is still a Zeeland in Holland, after which New Zealand is named.
teaser
Yes, named after Zeeland in the Netherlands.
Grinning_ape
There was but it wore out. Near Holland.
The Invisible Woman
It is kind of like New Hamspire And New York. Was their ever a Hamspire or York?
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