Auckland

English + Region Etymology en xcb 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 enm Ackland, possibly from en non alka auk or from en enm ak oak + en land; similar, if not the same, to Oakland. In view of an earlier form, Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of a en xcb form, equivalent to en cel-bry-pro *alo- rock + en cel-bry-pro *clọ:tā, a river name. Pronunciation en /ˈoːklənd/ NZ en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pohewatanga-Auckland.wav en /ˈɔːklənd/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-Auckland.wav UK en /ˈɔklənd/ GA,non-cot-caught en En-NYC Auckland.ogg New York City en /ˈɑklənd/ GA,cot-caught en /ˈɔklənd/ Scotland en ɔːklənd 2 en Auc kland Proper noun en city r:Suf/Auckland c/New Zealand on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country. en George Ramsay and Patrick Snell Aged 15, New Zealander Sam Ruthe has already run a four-minute mile. He would ‘love to try and qualify’ for the 2028 Olympics w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/sport/sam-ruthe-running-new-zealand-spt-intl 2025-03-29 Sam Ruthe had the eyes of thousands on him when he stepped onto a running track in Auckland just over a week ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20250723061356/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/sport/sam-ruthe-running-new-zealand-spt-intl 23 July 2025 en region c/New Zealand which includes the city, situated between the en Northland region to the north and the en Waikato region to the south. en terrauth/and/unitary authority for the Auckland Region of c/New Zealand Auckland Council. en metonym The government of New Zealand. Derived terms en Auckland Island Auckland Islands Aucklander Descendants mul Aucklandia Translations the largest conurbation in New Zealand Amharic: am ኦክለንድ ʾokländ Arabic: ar أُوكْلَانْد m Armenian: hy Օկլենդ Belarusian: be О́кленд m Bulgarian: bg Оукланд m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧克蘭 Àokèlán Dutch: nl Auckland n Finnish: fi Auckland French: fr Auckland m Georgian: ka ოკლენდი German: de Auckland n Greek: el Όκλαντ n, el Ώκλαντ n Hebrew: he אוקלנד Hindi: hi ऑकलैंड Japanese: ja オークランド Ōkurando Khmer: km អូកឡិន Korean: ko ^오클랜드 Latin: la Aucopolis f, la Querquetula f Macedonian: mk Окленд m Māori: mi Tāmaki Makaurau, mi Ākarana Marathi: mr ऑकलँड Persian: fa آوکلند âvkland Polish: pl Auckland m Portuguese: pt Auckland f Russian: ru О́кленд m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Окланд m Latin: sh Auckland m Spanish: es Auckland Swedish: sv Auckland Tokelauan: tkl Aukilani Tongan: to ʻAokalani Ukrainian: uk О́кленд m Vietnamese: vi Áo Khắc Lan See also en Bishop Auckland en West Auckland en eponyms French Etymology fr :bor en:Auckland fr en Auckland. Pronunciation Auklande fr Fr-Auckland.wav fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Auckland.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun m fr city c/New Zealand Auckland Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Auckland + 1 Pronunciation okland LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Auckland.wav Auck.land Proper noun m-in pl city c/New Zealand Auckland Declension s Further reading Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Auckland + 1 Proper noun pt city c/New Zealand Auckland Spanish Pronunciation Ókland + Proper noun en Auckland the largest conurbation in New Zealand