Wellywood

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

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