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Wellington

Wellington

31 3.0
The capital city of New Zealand that lies at the southern tip of the North Island
  • proper noun
translation icon : Wellington
  • I'm at the Wellington Hotel.
  • Wellington, New Zealand

It's a suburb of the capital Wellington.

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Examples

  • Also, just overall, Wellington is a magnificently beautiful city.

  • Jackson and Walsh live in Wellington with their son, Billy.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Tonight, we are going out into Wellington centre.

    What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

  • I'll have Wellington by lunch.

    Napoleon (2023)

  • The Wellington Ladies Welfare League.

    Braindead (1992)

  • I read those words as I sat in my office in Wellington, New Zealand, a world away from Pakistan.

  • I think that's a result of living in a place such as Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Meanwhile in Wellington, the French Embassy has expressed sympathy for the crew of the Rainbow Warrior.

    Bombshell (2016)

  • Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh were both born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The annual cultural festival attracts thousands of visitors to Wellington, New Zealand.

Compounds

beef Wellington
4 5.5

A cut of beef covered with cooked mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry and baked

Wellington boot
  • UK
1 2.9

A knee-length waterproof boot made of rubber or leather for wearing outdoors

First Duke of Wellington
8.4

A British general who beat Napoleon at Waterloo and later became Prime Minister

Surface Forms

Wellington main

Etymology

The city Wellington was named after the 1st Duke of Wellington, a British general, when New Zealand was a British colony, so the capital carries his name today.