Australia

See also Austrália, australia, and australià

English

Wikipedia

Satellite image of Australia (English def. 1)

Etymology

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 – same Proto-Indo-European root, but via German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”.

See also Terra Australis.

Pronunciation

• (Australia, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA: /ɒˈstreɪljə/, /əˈstreɪljə/
• (Australia) IPA: /əˈstræɪ.ljə/, /əˈstræɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstræɪ.jə/

• Audio (Australia)

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• (Tasmanian) IPA: /əˈstrɛ.liː.ə/
• (UK) IPA: /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
• (US) IPA: /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /ɔˈstɹɛəliə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Proper noun

Australia

1. A country in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia.
   • 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.

2. (geology) The continent of Australia-New Guinea. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.

Synonyms

• (country): Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historial), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical)
• (continent): Meganesia, Sahul

Hypernyms

• Antipodes

Derived terms

• Aussie
• Australasia
• Australia Day
• Australia Felix
• Australian
• Australianism
• Order of Australia

Related terms

• Austria
• Austrasie

Translations

Commonwealth of Australia

Afrikaans: Australië Albanian: Australia (sq) Amharic: አውስትራልያ (Ăwstralya) Arabic: أستراليا (ar) ('usturaalya) m., أوستراليا (ar) (’usturálya) f. Aragonese: Australia Armenian: Ավստրալիա (hy) (Avstralia) Azeri: Avstraliya (az) Basque: Australia (eu) Belarusian: Аўстралія (be) (Aŭstrálija) f. Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) (ôsţreliya) Bislama: Ostrelia (bi) Bosnian: Australija (bs) f. Breton: Aostralia Bulgarian: Австралия (bg) (Avstrálija) f. Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) (awːsătăreːlya.) Catalan: Austràlia f. Chinese: Cantonese: 澳洲 (ou3 zau1), 澳大利亞, 澳大利亚 (ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3) Mandarin: 澳洲 (cmn) (Àozhōu), 澳大利亞 (cmn), 澳大利亚 (cmn) (Aòdàlìyà) Min Nan: 澳洲 (Ò-chiu), 澳大利亞, 澳大利亚 (Ò-tāi-lī-a) Chuvash: Австрали (Avstrali) Cornish: Ostrali Crimean Tatar: Avstraliya Croatian: Aùstrālija (hr) f. Czech: Austrálie (cs) f. Danish: Australien (da) Dhivehi: އޮސްޓަރުލިޔާ (dv) Dutch: Australië (nl) Dzongkha: ཨས་ཊེཡེ་ལི་ཡ (dz) Esperanto: Aŭstralio (eo) Estonian: Austraalia (et), Austraalia Liit (et) Fiji Hindi: Australia Finnish: Australia (fi), Australian liittovaltio (fi) French: Australie (fr) f. Galician: Australia f. Georgian: ავსტრალია (ka) (Avstralia) German: Australien (de) n. Alemannic German: Australien Greek: Αυστραλία (el) (Afstralía) f. Gujarati: ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા (gu) (osṭreliyā) Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia Hebrew: אוסטרליה (he) (ostrálya) f., אוסטראליה (he) (ostrálya) f. Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (osṭreliyā), आस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (āsṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (ōsṭreliyā) Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu) Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f. Indonesian: Australia (id) Interlingua: Australia Irish: An Astráil (ga) f. Italian: Australia (it) f. Japanese: オーストラリア (ja) (Ōsutoraria) (also written: 濠太剌利 (ja)), (rare) 濠洲 (ja), 豪州 (ja) (ごうしゅう, Gōshū), (abbreviation) 濠 (ja), 豪 (ja) (ごう, Gō) Kalenjin: Australia Kamba: Australia Kannada: ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೆಲಿಯ (kn) (Āsṭreliya), ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ (kn) (āsṭreliya) Kazakh: Австралия (kk) (Avstralija), (official name) Австралия Одағы (kk) (Avstralija Odağı) Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (oostraalii) Kikuyu: Australia Korean: 오스트레일리아 (ko) (Oseuteureillia), 호주 (ko) (Hoju) (濠州) Kyrgyz: Австралия (ky) (Avstralija)

Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ (lo) (ôtsatālī) Latin: Australia (la) f. Latvian: Austrālija (lv) f. Lithuanian: Australija (lt) Lower Sorbian: Awstralska Luhya: Australia Luo: Australia Macedonian: Австралија (mk) (Avstrálija) f. Malay: Australia (ms) Malayalam: ആസ്ട്രേലിയ (ml) (āsṭrēliya), ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ (ml) (ōsṭrēliya) Maltese: Awstralja (mt) Manx: Yn Austrail (gv) f. Maori: Ahitereiria (mi) Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (mr) (osṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (mr) (osṭreliyā) Mongolian: Австрали улс (mn) (Avstrali uls), Австрали (mn) (Avstrali) Nahuatl: Australia (nah) Nauruan: Otereiriya (na) Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh bikéyah Nepali: अस्ट्रेलिया (ne) (asṭreliyā) Norwegian: Australia (no) Oriya: ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ (or) (ôṣṭreliā) Pashto: آسټراليا (ps) (āsttrālyā) f. Persian: استرالیا (fa) (Ostrâliya) Polish: Australia (pl) f. Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f. Punjabi: ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ (pa) Romanian: Australia (ro) f. Russian: Австралия (ru) (Avstrálija) f. Sanskrit: आस्ट्रेलिया (sa) (āsṭreliyā) Scottish Gaelic: Astràilia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Аустралија (sh) f. Roman: Australija (sh) f. Sinhalese: ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව (si) (ōsṭrēliyāva) Slovak: Austrália (sk) f. Slovene: Avstralija (sl) f. Southern Zazaki: Awıstralya Spanish: Australia (es) f. Swahili: Australia (sw) Swedish: Australien (sv) Tagalog: Australia (tl) Tahitian: Autereraria Tajik: Австралия (tg) (Avstralija) Tamil: அவுஸ்திரேலியா (ta) (avustirēliyā), ஆஸ்திரேலியா (ta) (āstireliyā) Tatar: Австралия (tt) (Avstralija) Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) (āsṭrēliyā) Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ààwtdraelia) Tibetan: ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ (O.se.the.li.ya) Tok Pisin: Ostrelia Turkish: Avustralya (tr) Turkmen: Awstraliýa (tk) Ukrainian: Австралія (uk) (Avstrálija) f. Urdu: آسٹریلیا (ur) (āsṭreliyā) Uzbek: Avstraliya (uz) Vietnamese: Úc (vi), Úc Đại Lợi (vi), Úc Châu (vi), Ô-xtơ-rây-li-a (vi), nước Úc (vi) Volapük: Laustralän (vo) Welsh: Awstralia (cy) Western Panjabi: آسٹریلیا (Āsṫreliya) Yakut: Аустралия (Australija) Yiddish: אױסטראַליע (yi) (Oystralye) Zulu: I-Ostreliya (zu)

continent of Australia

Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) (awːsătăreːlya.) Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 澳洲 (cmn) (Àozhōu) Croatian: Aùstrālija (hr) f. Czech: Austrálie (cs) f. Danish: Australien (da) Dutch: Australië (nl) Estonian: Austraalia (et) Finnish: Australia (fi), Australian manner French: Australie (fr) f. German: Australien (de) Hebrew: אוסטרליה (he) (ostrálya) f. Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f. Irish: An Astráil (ga) f. Japanese: オーストラリア大陸 (ja) (Ōsutoraria-tairiku)

Khmer: អូសេអានី (km) (oosee’aanii), អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (oostraalii) Macedonian: Австралија (mk) (Avstrálija) f. Manx: Yn Austrail (gv) f. Norwegian: Australia (no) Pashto: آسټراليا (ps) (āsttrālyā) f. Polish: Australia (pl) f. Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f. Romanian: Australia (ro) f. Russian: Австралия (ru) f. (Avstrálija) Slovak: Austrália (sk) f. Slovene: Avstralija (sl) f. Spanish: Australia (es) f. Turkish: Avustralya (tr) Vietnamese: Châu Úc (vi) (洲澳 (vi)), Úc Châu (vi) (澳洲 (vi)) Volapük: Stralop (vo)

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents) [edit]}
• AU
• Aust
• Countries of the world

External links

• Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.

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Albanian

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

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Basque

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Declension

"Australia" Inanimate proper noun Indefinite Absolutive Australia Ergative Australiak Dative Australiari Genitive Australiaren Comitative Australiarekin Causative Australiarengatik Benefactive Australiarentzat Instrumental Australiaz Innesive Australiatan Locative Australiatako Allative Australiatara Terminative Australiataraino Directive Australiatarantz Destinative Australiatarako Ablative Australiatatik Partitive Australiarik Prolative Australiatzat

Related terms

• australiar

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a
• Often pronounced IPA: /ˈɑu̯stˌrɑːliɑ/
• IPA: /ˈɑu̯stˌrɑliɑ/ would be consistent with the spelling, and thus perceived as more correct by some

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Declension

Declension of Australia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Australia – genitive Australian – partitive Australiaa – accusative Australia Australian – inessive Australiassa – elative Australiasta – illative Australiaan – adessive Australialla – ablative Australialta – allative Australialle – essive Australiana – translative Australiaksi – instructive – – abessive Australiatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

In Australia = Australiassa.

Related terms

• australialainen
• australialaisuus

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Galician

Wikipedia ^gl

Proper noun

Australia f.

1. Australia

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Indonesian

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Australia f.

1. Australia

Derived terms

• australiano

Anagrams

• saltuaria

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Latin

Proper noun

Australia (genitive Australiae); f, first declension

1. Australia

Inflection

nominative	Australia
genitive	Australiae
dative	Australiae
accusative	Australiam
ablative	Australiā
vocative	Australia
locative	Australiae

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Malay

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)
2. Australia (continent)

Related terms

• australier (Bokmål)
• australiar (Nynorsk)
• australsk

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Antarktis, Asia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sør-Amerika ^{(Category: no:Continents) [edit]}

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /awsˈtralja/

Proper noun

Australia f.

1. Australia

Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	Australia
Genitive	Australii
Dative	Australii
Accusative	Australię
Instrumental	Australią
Locative	Australii
Vocative	Australio

Derived terms

• Australijczyk m., Australijka f.
• adjective: australijski

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Romanian

Wikipedia ^ro

Proper noun

Australia f.

1. Australia

Declension

gender f.	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Australia
Gen/Dat	Australiei

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Australia f.

1. Australia

Related terms

• australiano, australiana

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)