Australia

See also: Austrália, Austràlia, 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^(key): /ɒˈstreɪljə/, /əˈstreɪljə/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /əˈstræɪ.ljə/, /əˈstræɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstræɪ.jə/

• Audio (Australia)

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

• Audio (US)

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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
• Eastralia
• Order of Australia
• Westralia

Related terms

• Austria
• Austrasie

Translations

Commonwealth of Australia

• Afrikaans: Australië
• Albanian: Australi f
• Amharic: አውስትራልያ (ʾäwəsətəraləya)
• Arabic: أستراليا m (ʾusturālya), أوستراليا f (ʾusturālya)

  Egyptian Arabic: أستراليا f (ʔusturālya)

• Aragonese: Australia f
• Armenian: Ավստրալիա (Avstralia)
• Asturian: Australia (ast) f
• Azeri: Avstraliya (az)
• Bashkir: Австралия (Avstraliya)
• Basque: Australia (eu)
• Belarusian: Аўстра́лія f (Aŭstrálija)
• Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (ôsţreliya)
• Bislama: Ostrelia
• Breton: Aostralia
• Bulgarian: Австра́лия f (Avstrálija)
• Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (au:ca.tre:lya.)
• Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f
• 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
• Estonian: Austraalia (et), Austraalia Liit
• Faroese: Avstralia n
• Fiji Hindi: Australia
• Finnish: Australia (fi), Australian liittovaltio
• French: Australie (fr) f
• Galician: Australia (gl) f
• Georgian: ავსტრალია (avstralia)
• German: Australien (de) n

  Alemannic German: Australien

• Greek: Αυστραλία (el) f (Afstralía)
• Gujarati: ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા (osṭreliyā)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוסטרליה (he) f (ostrálya), אוסטראליה f (ostrálya)
• Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) (osṭreliyā), आस्ट्रेलिया (āsṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (ōsṭreliyā)
• Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
• Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
• Indonesian: Australia (id)
• Interlingua: Australia
• Irish: An Astráil f
• 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)
• Jèrriais: Australie f
• 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 (oostraalii)
• Kikuyu: Australia

• Korean: 오스트레일리아 (ko) (Oseuteureillia), 호주 (ko) (Hoju) (濠州)
• Kyrgyz: Австралия (Avstraliya)
• Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ ('ot sa tā lī), ອົສຕາລີ ('ot tā lī)
• Latin: Australia (la) f
• Latvian: Austrālija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Australija (lt)
• Lower Sorbian: Awstralska
• Luhya: Australia
• Luo: Australia
• Macedonian: Австралија (mk) f (Avstralija)
• Malay: Australia
• Malayalam: ആസ്ട്രേലിയ (āsṭrēliya), ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ (ōsṭrēliya)
• Maltese: Awstralja f
• Manx: Yn Austrail f
• Maori: Ahitereiria
• Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (osṭreliyā), ओस्ट्रेलिया (osṭreliyā)
• Mongolian: Австрали улс (Avstrali uls), Австрали (Avstrali)
• Nahuatl: Australia
• Nauruan: Otereiriya
• Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh bikéyah
• Nepali: अस्ट्रेलिया (asṭreliyā)
• Norwegian: Australia (no)
• Occitan: Australia f
• Oriya: ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ (ôṣṭreliā)
• Pashto: اسټراليا f (asttrālyā)
• Persian: استرالیا (fa) (Ostrâliya)
• Polish: Australia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ
• Romanian: Australia (ro) f
• Russian: Австра́лия (ru) f (Avstrálija)
• Sanskrit: महालंका (mahālankā)
• Scottish Gaelic: Astràilia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аустралија f

  Roman: Australija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව (ōsṭ‍rēliyāva)
• Slovak: Austrália f
• Slovene: Avstrálija f
• Spanish: Australia (es) f
• Swahili: Australia (sw)
• Swedish: Australien (sv)
• Tagalog: Australia
• Tahitian: Autereraria
• Tajik: Австралия (Avstraliya)
• Tamil: அவுஸ்திரேலியா (avustirēliyā), ஆஸ்திரேலியா (ta) (āstirēliyā)
• Tatar: Австралия (Awstraliya)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) (āsṭrēliyā)
• Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ààwtdraelia)
• Tibetan: ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ (o se the li ya)
• Tok Pisin: Ostrelia
• Tongan: ʻAositelēlia
• Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
• Turkmen: Awstraliýa
• Ukrainian: Австра́лія (uk) f (Avstrálija)
• Urdu: آسٹریلیا (āsṭreliyā)
• Uzbek: Avstraliya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Úc, Úc Đại Lợi, Úc Châu, Ô-xtơ-rây-li-a, nước Úc
• Volapük: Laustralän (vo)
• Welsh: Awstralia (cy)
• Western Panjabi: آسٹریلیا (Āsṫreliya)
• Yakut: Аустралия (Australiya)
• Yiddish: אױסטראַליע (Oystralye)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Awıstralya
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: I-Ostreliya

continent of Australia

• Armenian: Ավստրալիա (Avstralia)
• Belarusian: Аўстра́лія f (Aŭstrálija)
• Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া
• 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
• German: Australien (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוסטרליה (he) f (ostrálya)
• Hindi: आंध्रालय (aandhraalay)
• Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
• Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
• Irish: An Astráil f
• Japanese: オーストラリア大陸 (Ōsutoraria-tairiku)
• Jèrriais: Australie f

• Khmer: អូសេអានី (oosee’aanii), អូស្ត្រាលី (oostraalii)
• Macedonian: Австралија (mk) f (Avstralija)
• Malay: Australia
• Manx: Yn Austrail 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 f
• Slovene: Avstrálija f
• Spanish: Australia (es) f
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) (āsṭrēliyā)
• Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
• Vietnamese: Châu Úc (洲澳), Úc Châu (澳洲)
• Volapük: Stralop (vo)

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• 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

Wikipedia ^sq

Proper noun

Australia f

1. definite nominative of Australi

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Asturian

Wikipedia ^ast

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Related terms

• australianu

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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^(key): /ˈɑu̯stˌrɑːliɑ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯stˌrɑliɑ/ would be consistent with the spelling, and thus perceived as more correct by some

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Declension

Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		Australia	—
accusative	nom.?	Australia	—
	gen.	Australian
genitive		Australian	—
partitive		Australiaa	—
inessive		Australiassa	—
elative		Australiasta	—
illative		Australiaan	—
adessive		Australialla	—
ablative		Australialta	—
allative		Australialleˣ	—
essive		Australiana	—
translative		Australiaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Australiatta	—
comitative		—	—

In Australia = Australiassa.

Related terms

• australialainen
• australialaisuus

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Galician

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Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Related terms

• australiano

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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 f (genitive Australiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Australia

Derived terms

• australiensis, australianus

Inflection

First declension with locative.

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

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)}

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awsˈtralja/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Declension

declension of Australia

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

Derived terms

• Australijczyk m, Australijka f
• adjective: australijski

External links

• “Australia” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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)