"NZ" meaning in English

See NZ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɛn zɛd/ [Australia, New-Zealand, UK]
Head templates: {{en-prop}} NZ
  1. Initialism of New Zealand. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: New Zealand Derived forms: AFLNZ, ANZUS, NZAFL, QueeNZlander
    Sense id: en-NZ-en-name-F-WOjvj7 Categories (other): New Zealand Disambiguation of New Zealand: 99 1

Noun

IPA: /ɛn zɛd/ [Australia, New-Zealand, UK]
Head templates: {{en-noun|*}} NZ (plural NZ)
  1. Initialism of new zaïre. Tags: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural Alternative form of: new zaïre
    Sense id: en-NZ-en-noun-5hYR1v4V
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          "ref": "2023 October 14, Antoinette Radford & Graeme Baker, “New Zealand election: National party's Chris Luxon claims victory”, in BBC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2023:",
          "text": "However, a National-Act coalition would only have a slim majority, meaning Mr Luxon may need to secure the support of NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has been kingmaker in previous Labour and National-led coalitions.",
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Download raw JSONL data for NZ meaning in English (2.2kB)

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