Australia
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹe.jə/
Audio (AU) (file) - (Tasmanian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
Audio (US) (file) - (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia, Aus‧tral‧ia
- Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
- 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.
- 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.
- (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[edit]
- (country): Aussie (uncommon colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical), Upsidedownland (colloquial), Stralia, Straya (colloquial)
- (continent): Meganesia, Sahul, Oceania (inclusive of other islands)
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Maori: Ahitereiria
- → Tokelauan: Auhitalia
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Category: en:Continents)
- AU
- Aust
- Countries of the world
Further reading[edit]
- Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.
Albanian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Asturian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Related terms[edit]
Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia inan
Declension[edit]
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Australia |
ergative | Australiak |
dative | Australiari |
genitive | Australiaren |
comitative | Australiarekin |
causative | Australiarengatik |
benefactive | Australiarentzat |
instrumental | Australiaz |
inessive | Australian |
locative | Australiako |
allative | Australiara |
terminative | Australiaraino |
directive | Australiarantz |
destinative | Australiarako |
ablative | Australiatik |
partitive | Australiarik |
prolative | Australiatzat |
Derived terms[edit]
- australiar (“Australian”)
Further reading[edit]
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Austraalia (rare)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝] (long vowel more common)
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): aust‧ra‧li‧a
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | See the possessive forms below. |
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In Australia = Australiassa.
Related terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Austrália (Reintegrationist)
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Related terms[edit]
Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).
Noun[edit]
Australia
Ido[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
See also[edit]
- (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa (Category: io:Continents)
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Interlingua[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From austrālis (“southern”) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtra.li.a/, [äu̯sˈt̪räːliä]
Proper noun[edit]
Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Austrālia |
Genitive | Austrāliae |
Dative | Austrāliae |
Accusative | Austrāliam |
Ablative | Austrāliā |
Vocative | Austrālia |
Derived terms[edit]
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /au̯straliə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /au̯stralia/
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika (Category: no:Continents)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Declension[edit]
singular | ||
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) Australie | Australia |
genitive/dative | (unei) Australii | Australiei |
vocative | Australie, Australio |
See also[edit]
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (America de Nord, America de Sud), Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)
Sicilian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
See also[edit]
- (continents) cuntinenti; Àfrica, Amèrica (Amèrica dû Nord, Amèrica dû Sud), Antàrtidi, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: scn:Continents)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia f
Derived terms[edit]
Swahili[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Australia
See also[edit]
- (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]
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