Definition of Auckland

1. Noun. The largest city and principal port of New Zealand.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: New Zealand

Definition of Auckland

1. Proper noun. The largest conurbation in New Zealand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auckland

Atwoodian
Atzera
Au
Au.D.
Au antigen
Aub-DuBois table
Aube
Auberon
Aubert's phenomenon
Aubrey
Auburn system
Auch
Auchincloss
Auchmeromyia
Auchmeromyia luteola
Auckland (current term)
Aucklander
Aucklanders
Aucuba
Auden
Audenesque
Audenshaw
Audie
Audrey
Audubon
Audubon's caracara
Audubon's warbler
Audubon warbler
Auenbrugger
Auenbrugger's sign

Literary usage of Auckland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Sir Auckland COLVIN called upon me, and explained hat he called " Lord ... And, finally, I was to have the services of Sir Auckland as a Financial ..."

2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1851)
"A Statistical Account of Auckland, Nete Zealand, at it was observed during the ... Auckland, the seat of the Colonial Government, is situated on tho eastern ..."

3. Bulletin by Colonial Museum (N.Z.) (1906)
"Auckland Ferry Company : This company is said to have stamped defaced coppers with some ... United Service Hotel, Auckland. Id., with one variety. (Two. ..."

4. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry by Bernard Burke (1895)
"DAVID NATHAN, of Auckland, New Zealand, //. in London 1816, left England in 1839, arrived at Sydney] in December of the same year, and early in 1840 ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A line is in course of formation from Auckland up the valley of the Waikato, ... The history of Auckland was for long the history of New Zealand, ..."

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