New Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoIt’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland
Nope. Zee ≠ Zea
which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.
Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄
nightlily@leminal.space 1 month ago
frank@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
No he’s right, it’s named after the Ditch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand