Australia

See also: Austrália, Austràlia, australia, and australià

English

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

• (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹæɪ.ljə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/

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• (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɑˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹeɪl.jə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Proper noun

Australia

2. 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.

4. (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): Aussie (colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical)
• (continent): Meganesia, Sahul

Hypernyms

• Antipodes

Derived terms

Terms derived from Australia

• Aussie
• Australasia
• Australia Day
• Australia Felix

• Australian
• Australianism
• Eastralia
• Order of Australia

• South Australia
• Western Australia
• Westralia

Related terms

• Austria
• Austrasie

Translations

Commonwealth of Australia

• Abkhaz: Австралиа (Āvsṭrāliā)
• Afrikaans: Australië (af)
• Albanian: Australi f
• Amharic: አውስትራልያ (ʾäwstralya)
• Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيَا‎‎ f (ʾusturāliyā)
• Aragonese: Australia f
• Armenian: Ավստրալիա (hy) (Avstralia)
• Assamese: অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া (ostrelia)
• Asturian: Australia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Avstraliya (az)
• Bashkir: Австралия (Avstraliya)
• Basque: Australia (eu)
• Belarusian: Аўстра́лія f (Aŭstrálija)
• Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) (ôsṭreliya)
• Bislama: Ostrelia
• Breton: Aostralia
• Bulgarian: Австра́лия f (Avstrálija)
• Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (au:ca.tre:lya.)
• Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f
• Chechen: Австрали (Awstrali)
• Cherokee: ᎡᎳᏗᏝ (eladitla)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澳洲 (ou³ zau¹), 澳大利亞, 澳大利亚 (ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³)

  Mandarin: 澳洲 (zh) (Àozhōu), 澳大利亞 (zh), 澳大利亚 (zh) (Aòdàlìyà)

  Min Nan: 澳洲 (Ò-chiu), 澳大利亞 (zh-min-nan), 澳大利亚 (zh-min-nan) (Ò-tāi-lī-a)

• Chuvash: Австрали (Avstrali)
• Cornish: Ostrali
• Crimean Tatar: Avstraliya
• Czech: Austrálie (cs) f
• Danish: Australien (da)
• Dhivehi: އޮސްޓަރުލިޔާ‎‎ (osṭaruliyā)
• Dinka: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Australië (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཨས་ཊེཡེ་ལི་ཡ (as ṭeye li ya)
• Esperanto: Aŭstralio (eo)
• Estonian: Austraalia (et), Austraalia Ühendus
• Faroese: Avstralia n
• Fiji Hindi: Australia
• Finnish: Australia (fi), Australian liittovaltio
• French: Australie (fr) f
• Galician: Australia (gl) f
• Georgian: ავსტრალია (avsṭralia)
• German: Australien (de) n

  Alemannic German: Australien

• Greek: Αυστραλία (el) f (Afstralía)
• Gujarati: ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા (osṭreliyā)
• Hausa: Ostareliya
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה‎‎ (he) f (ostrálya)
• Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (ŏsṭreliyā), आस्ट्रेलिया (āsṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (osṭreliyā)
• Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
• Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
• Indonesian: Australia (id)
• Interlingua: Australia
• Irish: An Astráil f, Comhlathas na hAstráile m
• Italian: Australia (it) f
• Japanese: オーストラリア (ja) (Ōsutoraria) (also written: 濠太剌利 (ja) (Ōsutoraria)), (rare) 濠洲 (Gōshū), 豪州 (ja) (ごうしゅう, Gōshū), (abbreviation) 濠 (ja) (ごう, Gō), 豪 (ja) (ごう, Gō)
• Kalenjin: Australia
• Kamba: Australia
• Kannada: ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೆಲಿಯ (āsṭreliya), ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ (kn) (āsṭrēliya)
• Karachay-Balkar: Австралия (Avstraliya)
• Kazakh: Австралия (kk) (Avstralïya), (official name) Австралия Одағы (Avstralïya Odağı)
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (oostraalii)
• Kikuyu: Australia
• Korean: 호주 (Hoju) (濠州), 오스트레일리아 (Oseuteureillia) (rare)
• Kyrgyz: Австралия (ky) (Avstraliya)
• Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ (’ot sa tā lī), ອົສຕາລີ (’ot tā lī), ອົດສະຕຣາລີ (’ot sat rā lī)
• Latin: Australia (la) f
• Latvian: Austrālija f
• Lithuanian: Australija (lt)
• Lower Sorbian: Awstralska
• Luhya: Australia
• Luo: Australia
• Macedonian: Австра́лија (mk) f (Avstrálija)

• Malagasy: Aostralia
• Malay: Australia
• Malayalam: ആസ്ട്രേലിയ (āsṭrēliya), ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ (ōsṭrēliya)
• Maltese: Awstralja f
• Manx: Yn Austrail f
• Maori: Ahitereiria, Te Pāpaka-a-Māui
• Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (ŏsṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (osṭreliyā)
• Moksha: Австралие (Avstralije)
• Molise Croatian: Lauštralija f
• Mongolian: Австрали улс (Avstrali uls), Австрали (Avstrali)
• Nahuatl: Australia
• Nauruan: Otereiriya
• Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh bikéyah
• Nepali: अस्ट्रेलिया (asṭreliyā)
• Norman: Australie f
• Norwegian: Australia (no)
• Occitan: Australia f
• Oriya: ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ (ôṣṭrelia)
• Ossetian: Австрали (Avstrali)
• Pashto: اسټراليا‎‎ f (asṭrālyā), آستراليا‎‎ f (āstrālyã), استراليا‎‎ f (astrālyā)
• Persian: استرالیا‎‎ (fa) (ostorâliyâ)
• Polish: Australia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f
• Pukapukan: Oteleilia
• Punjabi: ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ (āsaṭrelīā)
• Romanian: Australia (ro) f
• Russian: Австра́лия (ru) f (Avstrálija)
• Rusyn: Австра́лія f (Avstrálija)
• Sanskrit: महालंका (mahālaṃkā)
• Scots: Australie
• Scottish Gaelic: Astràilia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аустралија f

  Roman: Australija (sh) f

• Shan: ဢေႃႇၸတြေးလီးယိူဝ်း (’òa tsǎ trée líi yóe)
• Sinhalese: ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව (ōsṭ‍rēliyāva)
• Slovak: Austrália (sk) f
• Slovene: Avstrálija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Awstralska f

• Spanish: Australia (es) f
• Swahili: Australia (sw)
• Swedish: Australien (sv)
• Tagalog: Australia
• Tahitian: Autereraria, Auterāria
• Tajik: Австралия (tg) (Avstraliya)
• Tamil: அவுஸ்திரேலியா (ta) (avustirēliyā), ஆஸ்திரேலியா (ta) (āstirēliyā)
• Tatar: Австралия (Awstraliya)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) (āsṭrēliyā)
• Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́ɔs-dtree-liia)
• Tibetan: ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ (o se the li ya)
• Tigrinya: ኣውስትራሊያ (ʾawstraliya)
• Tok Pisin: Ostrelia
• Tongan: ʻAositelēlia
• Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
• Turkmen: Awstraliýa
• Ukrainian: Австра́лія (uk) f (Avstrálija)
• Urdu: آسٹریلیا‎‎ (āsṭreliyā)
• Uyghur: ئاۋسترالىيە‎‎ (awstraliye)
• Uzbek: Avstraliya (uz)
• Veps: Avstralii
• Vietnamese: Úc (vi) (澳), Úc Đại Lợi (澳大利), Châu Úc (洲澳), Úc Châu (澳洲), Ô-xtrây-li-a, nước Úc, Australia (vi)
• Volapük: Laustralän (vo)
• Walloon: Ostraleye
• Welsh: Awstralia (cy)
• Western Panjabi: آسٹریلیا‎‎ (āsṫreliya)
• Wolof: Óstraali
• Yakut: Аустралия (Australiya)
• Yiddish: אויסטראַליע‎‎ (oystralye)
• Yoruba: Ástràlìá
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Awıstralya
• Zhuang: Audaihleihya
• Zulu: I-Ostreliya

continent of Australia

• Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيَا‎‎ f (ʾusturāliyā)
• Armenian: Ավստրալիա (hy) (Avstralia)
• Assamese: অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া (ostrelia)
• Belarusian: Аўстра́лія f (Aŭstrálija)
• Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) (ôsṭreliya)
• Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (au:ca.tre:lya.)
• Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澳洲 (zh) (Àozhōu)

• Czech: Austrálie (cs) f
• Danish: Australien (da)
• Dutch: Australië (nl)
• Estonian: Austraalia (et)
• Finnish: Australia (fi), Australian manner
• French: Australie (fr) f
• Galician: Australia (gl) f
• Gamilaraay: Yarraanbaa
• Georgian: ავსტრალია (avsṭralia)
• German: Australien (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה‎‎ (he) f (ostrálya)
• Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (ŏsṭreliyā), आस्ट्रेलिया (āsṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (osṭreliyā)
• Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
• Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
• Irish: An Astráil f
• Japanese: オーストラリア大陸 (Ōsutoraria tairiku)
• Khmer: អូសេអានី (oosee’aanii), អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (oostraalii)

• Korean: 오스트레일리아 (Oseuteureillia)
• Macedonian: Австра́лија (mk) f (Avstrálija)
• Malay: Australia
• Manx: Yn Austrail f
• Norman: Australie f
• Norwegian: Australia (no)
• Pashto: اسټراليا‎‎ f (asttrālyā)
• Polish: Australia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f
• Romanian: Australia (ro) f
• Russian: Австра́лия (ru) f (Avstrálija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аустралија f

  Roman: Australija (sh) f

• Slovak: Austrália (sk) f
• Slovene: Avstrálija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Awstralija f

• Spanish: Australia (es) f
• Swedish: Australien (sv)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) (āsṭrēliyā)
• Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́ɔs-dtree-liia)
• Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
• Uyghur: ئاۋسترالىيە‎‎ (awstraliye)
• Vietnamese: Châu Úc (洲澳), Úc Châu (澳洲), Úc (vi) (澳)
• Volapük: Stralop (vo)

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
• AU
• Aust
• Countries of the world

Further reading

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

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Albanian

Proper noun

Australia f

1. definite nominative of Australi

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Asturian

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Related terms

• australianu

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Basque

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Declension

(inanimate proper noun) declension of Australia 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑːliɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠t̪rɑ̝ːliɑ̝] (usually)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠t̪rɑ̝liɑ̝] (spelling pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Declension

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Australiatta	—
comitative		—	—

In Australia = Australiassa.

Related terms

• australialainen
• australialaisuus

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Galician

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Related terms

• australiano

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Ido

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

See also

• (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika

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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

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Derived terms

• australiano

Anagrams

• saltuaria

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/

Proper noun

Austrālia f (genitive Austrāliae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Australia

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Austrālia
genitive	Austrāliae
dative	Austrāliae
accusative	Austrāliam
ablative	Austrāliā
vocative	Austrālia

Derived terms

• austrāliēnsis, austrāliānus

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /au̯straliə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /au̯stralia/
• Rhymes: -iə, -ə

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/

Proper noun

Australia

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

Related terms

• australier
• australsk

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Antarktis, Asia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sør-Amerika

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Australia

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

Related terms

• australiar
• australsk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈstra.lʲa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Declension

declension of Australia

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

Derived terms

• Australijczyk m, Australijka f
• adjective: australijski

Further reading

• Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia (a country in Oceania)
2. Australia (a continent)

Declension

declension of Australia (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) Australie	Australia
genitive/dative	(unei) Australii	Australiei
vocative	Australie, Australio

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, America de Nord, America de Sud, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europa

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ausˈtɾalja/, [au̯sˈt̪ɾalja]

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Related terms

• australiano, australiana

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Swahili

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)