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Auckland.

A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈoːklənd/New-Zealand/ˈɔːklənd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔklənd/General-American/ˈɑklənd/General-American, cot-caught-merger
  1. A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.

  2. A region of New Zealand which includes the city, situated between the Northland region to the north and the Waikato region to the south.

  3. A territorial authority and unitary authority for the Auckland Region of New Zealand; in full, Auckland Council.

  4. The government of New Zealand.

    metonymically
Where this word comes from

After William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, after Bishop Auckland, formerly North Auckland in the UK, the site of Auckland Castle, from Ackland, possibly from Old Norse alka (“auk”) or from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land; similar, if not the same, to Oakland. In view of an earlier form, Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of a Cumbric [Term?] form, equivalent to Proto-Brythonic *alo- (“rock”) + Proto-Brythonic *clọ:tā, a river name.

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