New Zealander
/ˌnjuː ˈziː.lən.dər/noun
A person who is a citizen or inhabitant of New Zealand.
Did you know?The name New Zealand was given by Dutch cartographers after Zeeland, a maritime province whose name literally means “sea-land,” not because the islands were considered newly formed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*néwos
“New or fresh; the ancient root behind English new.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*newjaz
“New; the Germanic ancestor of English new.”
Old English
Old English
nīwe
“New or recent.”
12th–15th Century
Dutch
Zeeland
“Sea-land; the name of a Dutch maritime province, from zee “sea” and land “land.””
1640s
Dutch/English
Nova Zeelandia / New Zealand
“A Latinized and then English name applied to the Pacific islands by European cartographers, after Zeeland.”
19th Century
English
New Zealander
“A person from or inhabiting New Zealand; the modern demonym.”