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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WELLYWOOD

From Well(ington) + (Holl)ywood.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WELLYWOOD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELLYWOOD

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Wellywood is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WELLYWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wellywood

Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The name - a conflation of Wellington and Hollywood - is a reference to the film production business established in the city by The Lord of the Rings film director Sir Peter Jackson, and Wellington-based special effects companies Weta Workshop and Weta Digital. The businesses operate a number of film-related facilities in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. In March 2010, the Wellington Airport company announced plans to erect a Hollywood-style sign Wellywood on a hillside next to the Miramar cutting. After the airport considered a range of alternatives, it was announced in May 2011 that the Wellywood sign would be going ahead. However this was met with enormous criticism, and on June 1, 2011 it was announced that a panel would be convened to consider alternative sign options. The panel ran a binding public poll on The Dominion Post website with the 'Wellington Blown Away' design being chosen. The sign was erected 27 July, 2012.

Definition of Wellywood in the English dictionary

The definition of Wellywood in the dictionary is the film production business located in Wellington, New Zealand. Other definition of Wellywood is Wellywood locations.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELLYWOOD

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Wellington
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WELLYWOOD

baywood
Bollywood
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from the wood
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hardwood
Heywood
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Synonyms and antonyms of Wellywood in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Wellywood» into 25 languages

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Trends of use of Wellywood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELLYWOOD»

The term «Wellywood» is normally little used and occupies the 121.496 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Wellywood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELLYWOOD»

Discover the use of Wellywood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Wellywood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wellywood
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Welcome to Wellywood: Inside the New Zealand Film Industry
In this edition, read about a selection of films produced from 1913 to 1999 to get a taste of all that Wellywood has to offer the world of film.Read about films like "The Frighteners," "The Piano," "Broken English," "A Soldier's Tale," ...
Dana Rasmussen, 2011
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City Imaging: Regeneration, Renewal and Decay
Massey News. http://massey.ac.nz/ wwpubafs/2003/masseynews/July/july14/ stories/wellywood Leadbeater, C. (1999). Living on thin air. London: Viking. Lowenthal, D. (1985). The past is a foreign country. Cambridge: Cambridge University ...
Tara Brabazon, 2014
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A People's History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, ...
Sorry, Hollywood, but Peter Jackson was able to create the entire Lordof the Ringsseries outside California—in a place people now call Wellywood. An entire sound stage wasbuilt there forKing Kong (2005). The Hobbit(2012) and WaterHorse: ...
Nick Belardes, 2014
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Random Obsessions: Trivia You Can't Live Without
WELLYWOOD, FIGWIT, AND LORD OF THE RINGS If you haven't had enough from Peter Jackson regarding plump hobbits, grumpy dwarves, and dexterous elves, you might want to take a sightseeing trip to New Zealand. Between 1998 and ...
Nick Belardes, 2013
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New Zealand
WELCOME TO WELLYWOOD In recent years Wellington has stamped its place firmly on the world map as the home of NZ's dynamic film industry, earning itself the nickname 'Wellywood'. Acclaimed director Peter Jackson still calls Wellington  ...
Charles Rawlings-Way, 2010
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Lonely Planet New Zealand's North Island
We can't list all the many excellent indy cinemas in CINEMA Wellywood–we justain't gottheroom!Hereareourinnercity picks. Embassy Theatre Offline map Google map ( 04384 7657; www.deluxe.co.nz; 10 Kent Tce; from adult/child CINEMA ...
Lonely Planet, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, 2012
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The Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in Global Context
'Wellywood' and Peter Jackson: The Local Reception of The Lord of the Rings in Wellington, New Zealand Davinia Thornley Introduction In late 1998 when Peter Jackson landed the contract for a trilogy of films based on The Lord of the Rings,  ...
Ernest Mathijs, 2006
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Screenwriting: Creative Labor and Professional Practice
Davis, M. (2012a) 'Question time: Women and screenplays', Wellywood Woman blog 1, November, http://wellywoodwoman.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/nicholl-fellow- 2012-nikolebeckwith.html (accessed 10 July 2013). Davis, M. (2012b) 'A New ...
Bridget Conor, 2014
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Geographies of Globalization
Plate 4.3 Wellywood, Wellington, New Zealand, where a new hightechnology filmmaking district is evolving which sees complementary functions – such as special effects, computer graphics and sound studios – clustering in suburban Miramar ...
Warwick Murray, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELLYWOOD»

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Army base and Wellywood put Burnham St on the map
Burnham St as it is in 2015, from the Dorset Cove housing development. The Fort Dorset park in the middle of the photo is now part of Seatoun School. «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
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Hollywood producers need more movie-making info from Wellywood
Wendy Benge, a Kiwi-American producer advises the next generation of Kiwi filmmakers at Wellington Institute of Technology on how to make it in Hollywood. «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Wellywood rolls red carpet out for young film makers
Miramar's internationally-recognised film industry celebrated the birth of a new generation of film makers at the inaugural Roxy5 short film awards in Wellington ... «Voxy, Jun 15»
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Airport says Wellywood hill won't be used for runway
The Wellywood hill will not be used as fill for an airport runway extension, Wellington Airport insists. The assertion was being made despite multiple parties ... «The Dominion Post, Apr 15»
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Wellywood hill could be bulldozed for airport runway expansion
Miramar's prominent "Wellywood" hill could be bulldozed and dumped into the sea as Wellington Airport reclaims land for its runway extension. If the massive ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
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Two buildings set in Wellywood film location
Occupied by 4 Seasons Home & Leisure and film management company 3 Foot 7 Limited, the property will be auctioned on April 16. Two modern and separate ... «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
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Hobbits clear out of Wellywood
Hobbits clear out of Wellywood video. TOM HUNT. Last updated 12:35, December 2 2014. The third instalment of the Hobbit was viewed by some lucky fans this ... «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 14»
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Wellywood all a twitter at star's arrival
TOUCHDOWN: A Vincent aviation charter flight brings movie makers from around the globe to Marl borough ahead of the filming of a major Holly wood ... «Marlborough Express, Sep 14»
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Hobbit-nobbing with the stars in Wellywood
Perhaps the most nervous people ahead of Wednesday night's world premiere of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" in Wellington will be the weather forecasters. «CNN, Nov 12»
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Voters blow Wellywood away
The controversial Wellywood sign has been blown away in the public vote designed to find a new sign for the Miramar hillside. Wellington - Blown Away ... «The Dominion Post, Nov 11»

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