Editing Nelson, New Zealand (section)

== Naming ==
Nelson was named in honour of Admiral [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]], who defeated both the [[First French Empire|French]] and Spanish fleets at the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in 1805. Many roads and public areas around the city are named after people and ships associated with that battle. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Nelsonians; Trafalgar Street is its main shopping axis.

Nelson's [[Māori language|Māori]] name, {{lang|mi|Whakatū}},<ref name=Maori>{{cite web|url=http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/english/resources_e/list_placenames.shtm |title=NZ government Māori Language Commission |access-date=25 August 2007}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> means 'construct', 'raise', or 'establish'.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023 |title=whakatū |url=https://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=Te Aka Māori Dictionary |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117134741/https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an article to ''The Colonist'' newspaper on 16 July 1867, Francis Stevens described Nelson as "The [[Naples]] of the [[Southern Hemisphere]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC18670716.2.10 |title=Papers Past – Colonist – 16 July 1867 – NELSON, COBDEN, AND WESTPORT RAILWAY |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |access-date=30 November 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024802/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC18670716.2.10 |url-status=live }}</ref> Today, Nelson is nicknamed "Sunny Nelson" due to its high sunshine hours per year and the "Top of the South" because of its geographic location.

In [[New Zealand Sign Language]], the name is signed by putting the index and middle fingers together which are raised to the nose until the fingertips touch the nose, then move the hand forward so that the fingers point slightly forward away from oneself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzsl.vuw.ac.nz/signs/4652|title=Nelson – NZSL Online|website=nzsl.vuw.ac.nz|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516175301/https://nzsl.vuw.ac.nz/signs/4652|url-status=live}}</ref>