أستراليا

See also: استرالیا

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أُوسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔūsturāliyā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔus.tu.raː.li.jaː/

Proper noun

أُسْتُرَالِيَا • (ʔusturāliyā) f

1. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔusturāliyā)

singular	singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā	—
nominative	—	أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā	—
accusative	—	أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā	—
genitive	—	أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā	—

See also

• أُسْتُرَالِيّ (ʔusturāliyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أستراليا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔusturāliyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔustraːl.ja/, [ʔusˈtræːl.ja]

Proper noun

أستراليا • (ʔustrālya) f

1. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Related terms

• أسترالي (ʔustrāli, “Australian”)

See also

Seven Continents in South Levantine Arabic · القارّات‎ السبعة (il-qārrāt is-sabʕa) (layout · text)
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