Zealand
[zi:lәnd]
Definition
(noun.) the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
Typist: Murray--From WordNet
Examples
- Thus the southern shores of America, Australia, and New Zealand may have become slightly tinted by the same peculiar forms of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some part even of the French wine drank in Great Britain, is clandestinely imported from Holland and Zealand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So was Vesuvius, replied Crispin coolly, and that mountain in New Zealand—Tarawera, was it not? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oiling is also an important process in the manufacture of ropes from hard fibers, as Manila, Sisal and New Zealand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Under this point of view, the productions of Great Britain stand much higher in the scale than those of New Zealand. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The hot-lake district of Auckland, New Zealand, is also famous in possessing some of the most remarkable geyser scenery in the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Moreover, either New York State or Virginia was historically and legally almost as much a sovereign state as New Zealand or Canada. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4 1/2 per cent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This is one of the natural wonders of the southern hemisphere and is much visited by tourists traveling through New Zealand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are various other fibers known under the name of hemp, the New Zealand, African, Java, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Richardson, also, speaks of the reappearance on the shores of New Zealand, Tasmania, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But Dr. Gunther has lately shown that the Galaxias attenuatus inhabits Tasmania, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and the mainland of South America. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There would have been a perpetual campaign to Americanize Australia and New Zealand, and yet another claimant for a share in tropical Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We see the same law in this author's restorations of the extinct and gigantic birds of New Zealand. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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