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See also: Austrália, Austràlia, australia, and australià
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English

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Satellite image of Australia (sense 1)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested 16th century, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below).

Distantly cognate to Austria, containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, but through German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”.

See also Terra Australis.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Australia

  2. An island in Oceania.
    • 1693: translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of Gabriel de Foigny) titled Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voiage de la Terre Australe published 1692, translation published in London in 1693. Quoted in The Australian Language by Sidney J. Baker, second edition, 1966, chapter XIX, section 1, pages 388-9.
      This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ...
    • 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis, volume 1 (at Project Gutenberg)
      Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into AUSTRALIA; as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.
  4. A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.
    Synonyms: Aussie (uncommon, colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical), Upsidedownland (colloquial), Stralia (colloquial), Straya (colloquial)
    Hypernym: Antipodes
  6. (geology) A continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
    Synonyms: Meganesia, Sahul, Oceania (inclusive of other islands)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria)
  • → Maori: Ahitereiria
  • → Tokelauan: Auhitalia

Translations

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See also

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Further reading

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Albanian

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Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. definite nominative of Australi

Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /au̯s̺tralia/ [au̯s̺.t̪ra.li.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧li‧a

Proper noun

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Australia inan

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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Declension of Australia (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Australia
ergative Australiak
dative Australiari
genitive Australiaren
comitative Australiarekin
causative Australiarengatik
benefactive Australiarentzat
instrumental Australiaz
inessive Australian
locative Australiako
allative Australiara
terminative Australiaraino
directive Australiarantz
destinative Australiarako
ablative Australiatik
partitive Australiarik
prolative Australiatzat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin austrālia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠.trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝] (long vowel more common)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Aust‧ra‧lia

Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Australia —
genitive Australian —
partitive Australiaa —
illative Australiaan —
singular plural
nominative Australia —
accusative nom. Australia —
gen. Australian
genitive Australian —
partitive Australiaa —
inessive Australiassa —
elative Australiasta —
illative Australiaan —
adessive Australialla —
ablative Australialta —
allative Australialle —
essive Australiana —
translative Australiaksi —
abessive Australiatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiani —
accusative nom. Australiani —
gen. Australiani
genitive Australiani —
partitive Australiaani —
inessive Australiassani —
elative Australiastani —
illative Australiaani —
adessive Australiallani —
ablative Australialtani —
allative Australialleni —
essive Australianani —
translative Australiakseni —
abessive Australiattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiasi —
accusative nom. Australiasi —
gen. Australiasi
genitive Australiasi —
partitive Australiaasi —
inessive Australiassasi —
elative Australiastasi —
illative Australiaasi —
adessive Australiallasi —
ablative Australialtasi —
allative Australiallesi —
essive Australianasi —
translative Australiaksesi —
abessive Australiattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiamme —
accusative nom. Australiamme —
gen. Australiamme
genitive Australiamme —
partitive Australiaamme —
inessive Australiassamme —
elative Australiastamme —
illative Australiaamme —
adessive Australiallamme —
ablative Australialtamme —
allative Australiallemme —
essive Australianamme —
translative Australiaksemme —
abessive Australiattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australianne —
accusative nom. Australianne —
gen. Australianne
genitive Australianne —
partitive Australiaanne —
inessive Australiassanne —
elative Australiastanne —
illative Australiaanne —
adessive Australiallanne —
ablative Australialtanne —
allative Australiallenne —
essive Australiananne —
translative Australiaksenne —
abessive Australiattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiansa —
accusative nom. Australiansa —
gen. Australiansa
genitive Australiansa —
partitive Australiaansa —
inessive Australiassaan
Australiassansa 		—
elative Australiastaan
Australiastansa 		—
illative Australiaansa —
adessive Australiallaan
Australiallansa 		—
ablative Australialtaan
Australialtansa 		—
allative Australialleen
Australiallensa 		—
essive Australianaan
Australianansa 		—
translative Australiakseen
Australiaksensa 		—
abessive Australiattaan
Australiattansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Australia" is Australiassa.

Derived terms

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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).

Noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Ido

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aus.tra.li.ja]
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
    Rey menjalankan SMA-nya di Australia.
    Rey attends high school in Australia.

Ingrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian Австралия (Avstralija).

Pronunciation

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  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯s̠trəˌlʲiɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯ʃtrɑˌliɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a

Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (a country in Oceania)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:
      Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.
      England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.
  2. Australia (a continent)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122:
      Voimakkaammat kapitalisticeskoit maat ottiit Afrikast, Amerikast, Australiast ja Aaziast ettäiset rikkaat maat.
      The strongest capitalistic countries took the faraway rich countries from Africa, America, Australia and Asia.

Declension

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Declension of Australia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Australia Australiat
genitive Australian Australioin
partitive Australiaa Australioja
illative Australiaa Australioi
inessive Australias Australiois
elative Australiast Australioist
allative Australialle Australioille
adessive Australial Australioil
ablative Australialt Australioilt
translative Australiaks Australioiks
essive Australianna, Australiaan Australioinna, Australioin
exessive1) Australiant Australioint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Interlingua

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /awˈstra.lja/
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Hyphenation: Au‧strà‧lia

Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From austrālis (“southern”) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

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Proper noun

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Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension (New Latin)

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Austrālia
genitive Austrāliae
dative Austrāliae
accusative Austrāliam
ablative Austrāliā
vocative Austrālia

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Malay

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Etymology

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From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/, [æʉstɾɑːlɪɑ], [æʉstʁɑːlɪɑ], [æʉstrɑːlɪɑ]

Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /awsˈtra.lja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun

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Australia f (related adjective australijski)

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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Declension of Australia
singular
nominative Australia
genitive Australii
dative Australii
accusative Australię
instrumental Australią
locative Australii
vocative Australio

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

See also

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Further reading

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  • Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative Australie Australia
genitive-dative Australii Australiei
vocative Australie, Australio

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Sicilian

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Sicilian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia scn

Proper noun

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ausˈtɾalja/ [au̯sˈt̪ɾa.lja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

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Australia f

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Swahili

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Proper noun

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Australia

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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