Awstralya

Quechua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Australia.

Proper noun

Awstralya

1. Alternative spelling of Awsralya

Usage notes

Not recommended as tr is not in the Quechua alphabet. See Achahala

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Australia
• Australya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Australia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔawsˈtɾalja/, [ʔaʊ̯sˈtɾal.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: Aws‧tral‧ya

Proper noun

Awstralya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. Australia (a country in Oceania)
   • 1980, Teodoro A. Agoncillo Ang Pilipinas at Ang Mga Pilipino: Noon at Ngayon, R.P. Garcia Pub.

     Sa utos ng Pangulong Roosevelt, sina Quezon ay umalis sa Korehidor noong ika-20 ng Pebrero, 1942 at pinapunta nang lihim na lihim sa Awstralya upang dito kumuha ng bapor na magdadala sa kanila sa Estados Unidos.

     Under the orders of President Roosevelt, Quezon left Corregidor on the 20th of February 1942 and was told to secretly go to Australia in order to board a ship there bringing them to the United States.