Wellywood

Wellywood
 n.— «AS I write this I’m still in New Zealand, Wellington or “Wellywood” as it is sometimes called because of filming Lord of the Rings and other films.» —“Mavis meets Mary” by Mavis Bensley Evening Star (Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom) Feb. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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