Godzone

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdzəʊn/

The English word “Godzone” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

New Zealand.

Etymology

Contraction of God’s own country, modelled after zone (“area or region of the world”). The word was possibly modified from the title of the poem “God’s Own Country” (1890) by the New Zealand poet and politician Thomas Bracken (1843–1898).

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