Australia

Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk Australia 2950 6807545 2009-06-16T11:23:54Z AutoFormat 32732 category gl:Countries moved to Galician section, sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Austrália|australia}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Australia satellite plane.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Australia (English def. 1)]] ===Etymology=== First attested 16th century, from {{etyl|la}} {{term||[[terra#Latin|terra]] [[australis|austrālis]] [[incognita|incōgnita]]|unknown southern land}}, from ''[[auster]]'' (“the south wind”). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by [[w:Matthew Flinders|Matthew Flinders]] in 1814 (quotation below). See also [[Terra Australis]]. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|AU}} {{IPA|/əˈstræɪ.ljə/|/əˈstræɪ.liː.ə/|/əˈstræɪ.jə/}} * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ɒˈstreɪ.liː.ə/|/ɒˈstreɪ.li.jə/}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ɑˈstre.li.ə/|/ɑˈstrel.jə/}} * {{audio|en-us-Australia.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|eɪliə}} ===Proper noun=== {{en-proper noun}} # 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 [[w:Gabriel de Foigny|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''', [[w:Matthew Flinders|Matthew Flinders]], ''A Voyage to Terra Australis'', volume 1 ([http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12929 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.'' # {{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''' :: [[Terra Australis]] (''obsolete'') :: [[New Holland]] (''obsolete'') :: [[Aussieland]] ''(colloquial)'' :: [[Oz]] ''(colloquial)'' :: [[land down under]] : '''Continent''' :: [[Sahul]] :: [[Meganesia]] ====Related terms==== {{rel-top}} * [[Antipodes]] * [[Aussie]] * [[Australasia]] * [[Australia Day]] {{rel-mid}} * [[Australia Felix]] * [[Australian]] * [[Australianism]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|Commonwealth of Australia}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[Australië#Afrikaans|Australië]] * Albanian: {{t+|sq|Australia|xs=Albanian}} * [[Amharic]]: [[አውስትራልያ]] (Ăwstralya) * Arabic: {{Arab|[[أستراليا]]}} (’usturálya), {{Arab|[[أوستراليا]]}} (’usturálya) {{f}} * [[Aragonese]]: [[Australia#Aragonese|Australia]] * Armenian: [[Ավստրալիա]] (Avstralia) * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|Australia|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|Аўстралія|f|tr=Aŭstralija|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: [[অস্ট্রেলিয়া]] {{unicode|(Ôsṭreliyā)}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|Australija|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[Aostralia]] * Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|Австралия|f|sc=Cyrl}} (Avstrálija) * CJKV Characters: [[濠]], [[豪]] * [[Catalan]]: [[Austràlia]] {{f}} * Chinese: *: simpl:[[澳洲]] (Àozhōu); [[澳大利亚]] (Aòdàlìyà) *: trad:[[澳洲]] (Àozhōu); [[澳大利亞]] (Aòdàlìyà) * [[Cornish]]: [[Ostrali]] * Croatian: {{t+|hr|Australija|f|alt=Aùstrālija}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|Austrálie|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|Australien}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|Australië}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|Aŭstralio|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|Austraalia}}, {{t|et|Austraalia Liit}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|Australia}}, {{t-|fi|Australian liittovaltio}} * French: {{t+|fr|Australie|f}} * [[Galician]]: [[Australia#Galician|Australia]] {{f}} * Georgian: [[ავსტრალია]] (avstralia) * German: {{t+|de|Australien}} *: Alemannic German: [[Australien]] * Greek: {{t+|el|Αυστραλία|f|tr=Afstralía|sc=Grek}} * [[Gujarati]]: [[ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા]] {{unicode|(Osṭreliyā)}} * Hawaiian: {{unicode|[['Aukekulelia|ʻAukekulelia]]}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|אוסטרליה|ostrália}} {{f}} {{IPAchar|(osṭ'ralia)}} * Hindi: [[ऑस्ट्रेलिया]] {{unicode|(Osṭreliyā)}}, [[आस्ट्रेलिया]] {{unicode|(Āsṭreliyā)}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Ausztrália}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|Ástralía|f}} * Indonesian: {{t+|id|Australia|xs=Indonesian}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[Australia#Interlingua|Australia]] * Irish: An [[Astráil]] * Italian: {{t+|it|Australia|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[オーストラリア]] (Ōsutoraria), [[濠太剌利]], [[濠洲]], [[豪州]] (ごうしゅう, Gōshū), [[濠]], [[豪]] (ごう, Gō) * [[Kannada]]: [[ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೆಲಿಯ]] {{unicode|(Āsṭreliya)}} * [[Khmer]]: {{Khmr|[[អូស្ត្រាលី]]}} (Ūstrālī) * Korean: [[오스트레일리아]] (Oseuteureillia), [[호주]] (Hoju) * Lao: [[ອົດສະຕາລີ]] (Ôtsatālī) * Latin: {{t+|la|Australia|f}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|Austrālija|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Australija|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: [[Awstralska]] * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|Австралија|f|tr=Avstrálija|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t-|ms|Australia|xs=Malay}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|Awstralja|xs=Maltese}} * Maori: {{t-|mi|Ahitereiria|xs=Maori}} * [[Marathi]]: [[ऑस्ट्रेलिया]] {{unicode|(Osṭreliyā)}} * Nauruan: {{t-|na|Otereiriya|xs=Nauruan}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|Australia}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[استرالیا]]}} (Ostrâliya) * Polish: {{t+|pl|Australia|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Austrália|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|Australia|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|Австралия|f|sc=Cyrl}} (Avstrálija) * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[Astràilia]] * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[Аустралија]] {{f}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|Australija|f}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|Austrália|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|Avstralija|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|Australia|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|Australien}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[Australia#Tagalog|Australia]] * [[Tamil]]: [[அவுஸ்திரேலியா]] (Avustirēliyā), [[ஆஸ்திரேலியா]] (Āstirēliyā) * Thai: {{Thai|[[ออสเตรเลีย]]}} (ààwtdraelia) * Tibetan: [[ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ]] (O.se.the.li.ya) * [[Tok Pisin]]: [[Ostrelia]] * Turkish: {{t+|tr|Avustralya}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Австралія|f|tr=Avstralija|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[آسٹریلیا]]}} {{IPAchar|(Āsṫreliya)}} * Vietnamese: [[Úc]] * Welsh: [[Awstralia]] * Yiddish: [[אױסטראַליע]] (Oystralye) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|continent of Australia}} * Chinese: [[澳洲]] (Àozhōu) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|Australija|f|alt=Aùstrālija}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|Austrálie|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|Australien}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|Australië}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|Austraalia}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|Australia}}, '''Australian''' [[manner#Finnish|manner]] * French: {{t+|fr|Australie|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Australien}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|אוסטרליה|ostrália}} {{f}} {{IPAchar|(osṭ'ralia)}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|Ástralía|f}} * Japanese: [[オーストラリア大陸]] (ōsutoraria-tairiku) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|Австралија|f|tr=Avstrálija|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|Australia|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|Australia|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|Австралия|f|sc=Cyrl}} (Avstrálija) * Slovak: {{t-|sk|Austrália|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|Avstralija|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|Australia|f}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[AU]] * [[Aust]] * [[Appendix:Countries of the world|Countries of the world]] ===External links=== * [http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-australia24.php Australia time zones] with map and map current local time in Australia. [[Category:Australia]] [[Category:Continents]] [[Category:Countries]] ---- ==Finnish== ===Pronunciation=== * {{hyphenation|Aust|ra|li|a}} * Often pronounced {{IPA|/ˈɑu̯stˌrɑːliɑ/|lang=fi}} * {{IPA|/ˈɑu̯stˌrɑliɑ/|lang=fi}} would be consistent with the spelling, and thus perceived as more correct by some ===Proper noun=== {{fi-noun|proper=true|Australi|type=kulkija}} # [[#English|Australia]] ====Related terms==== * [[australialainen]] * [[australialaisuus]] [[Category:fi:Continents]] [[Category:fi:Countries]] ---- ==Galician== {{wikipedia|lang=gl}} ===Proper noun=== {{gl-proper noun|f}} # [[#English|Australia]] [[Category:gl:Continents]] [[Category:gl:Countries]] ---- ==Italian== {{wikipedia|lang=it}} ===Proper noun=== '''Australia''' {{f}} # [[#English|Australia]] ====Derived terms==== * [[australiano]] [[Category:Italian proper nouns]] [[Category:it:Countries]] ---- ==Norwegian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/æʉstɾɑːljɑ/|lang=no}} ===Proper noun=== {{infl|no|proper noun}} # [[#English|Australia]] ====Related terms==== * [[australier]] * [[australsk]] [[Category:no:Countries]] ---- ==Polish== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/awsˈtralja/|lang=pl}} ===Proper noun=== {{infl|pl|proper noun|g=f}} # [[Australia#English|Australia]] ====Declension==== {{pl-decl-noun-sing |Australia |Australii |Australii |Australię |Australią |Australii |Australio }} ====Derived terms==== * [[Australijczyk]] {{m}}, [[Australijka]] {{f}} * adjective: [[australijski]] [[Category:pl:Countries]] ---- ==Romanian== {{wikipedia|lang=ro}} ===Proper noun=== {{infl|ro|proper noun|g=f}} # [[#English|Australia]] ====Declension==== {{ro-country|gend=f|Australiei}}  [[Category:es:Countries]] [[Category:eu:Countries]] [[Category:ia:Countries]] [[Category:id:Countries]] [[Category:la:Countries]] [[Category:ms:Countries]] [[Category:ro:Continents]] [[Category:ro:Countries]] [[Category:sq:Countries]] [[Category:tl:Countries]] [[zh-min-nan:Australia]] [[cs:Australia]] [[de:Australia]] [[et:Australia]] [[el:Australia]] [[es:Australia]] [[fr:Australia]] [[fy:Australia]] [[gl:Australia]] [[ko:Australia]] [[hy:Australia]] [[hi:Australia]] [[io:Australia]] [[id:Australia]] [[it:Australia]] [[kl:Australia]] [[kk:Australia]] [[sw:Australia]] [[ku:Australia]] [[la:Australia]] [[lt:Australia]] [[hu:Australia]] [[mn:Australia]] [[nl:Australia]] [[ja:Australia]] [[no:Australia]] [[pl:Australia]] [[pt:Australia]] [[ro:Australia]] [[ru:Australia]] [[sq:Australia]] [[simple:Australia]] [[fi:Australia]] [[sv:Australia]] [[tt:Australia]] [[tr:Australia]] [[uk:Australia]] [[zh:Australia]]