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РусскийThe article, based on the material of the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary (OED), presents the peculiarities of semantics, pronunciation, etymology of New Zealand words included in this dictionary in March 2023. Some features of the New Zealand pronunciation representation system are analyzed. The main attention is paid to the comparison of the basic specificities of registering in the OED of variant characteristics of English vowels and consonants in British, American and New Zealand English. The notation for fixing the original pronunciation of words of Maori origin is considered in detail. In order to visualize the system of registration in the OED of pronunciation of New Zealand entry words, the text of the article contains numerous examples with transcriptions, definitions in Russian and English, etymology, comments.
Key words: Oxford English Dictionary, New Zealand English, Māori words origin, semantics, pronunciation variants, transcription