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Auckland

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Auck·land  (ôklnd)
The largest city of New Zealand, on an isthmus of northwest North Island. It is a major port and an industrial center. Population: 1,210,000.
Auckland [ˈɔːklənd]
n
(Placename) the chief port of New Zealand, in the northern part of North Island: former capital of New Zealand (1840-65). Pop. (urban area): 381 800 (1999 est.)
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Noun1.Auckland - the largest city and principal port of New Zealand
New Zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery


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An' when I come un tull Auckland short o' coal, after lettun' her druft sux days wuth the fires out tull save the coal, an' wuth only twenty tons in my bunkers, I was thunkun' o' the lossin' o' time an' the expense, an' tull save the owners I took her un an' out wi'out pilotage.
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Captain Auckland played the billiards first, and it was not until he was comfortably seated in a steamer-chair, his second whisky securely in his hand, that he let off his bomb.
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He worked his passage on a sailing vessel that was making the trip from Auckland to San Francisco, and he arrived with a box of paints, an easel, and a dozen canvases.
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