Australia

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Satellite image of Australia (English def. 1)

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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.

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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.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Maori: Ahitereiria
  • Tokelauan: Auhitalia

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Albanian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

  1. definite nominative of Australi

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /au̯s̺tralia/ [au̯s̺.t̪ra.li.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧li‧a

Proper noun[edit]

Australia inan

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a country in Oceania)

Finnish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin austrālia.

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

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

Declension[edit]

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Australia (type kulkija)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiani
accusative nom. Australiani
gen. Australiani
genitive Australiani
partitive Australiaani
inessive Australiassani
elative Australiastani
illative Australiaani
adessive Australiallani
ablative Australialtani
allative Australialleni
essive Australianani
translative Australiakseni
instructive
abessive Australiattani
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiasi
accusative nom. Australiasi
gen. Australiasi
genitive Australiasi
partitive Australiaasi
inessive Australiassasi
elative Australiastasi
illative Australiaasi
adessive Australiallasi
ablative Australialtasi
allative Australiallesi
essive Australianasi
translative Australiaksesi
instructive
abessive Australiattasi
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiamme
accusative nom. Australiamme
gen. Australiamme
genitive Australiamme
partitive Australiaamme
inessive Australiassamme
elative Australiastamme
illative Australiaamme
adessive Australiallamme
ablative Australialtamme
allative Australiallemme
essive Australianamme
translative Australiaksemme
instructive
abessive Australiattamme
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australianne
accusative nom. Australianne
gen. Australianne
genitive Australianne
partitive Australiaanne
inessive Australiassanne
elative Australiastanne
illative Australiaanne
adessive Australiallanne
ablative Australialtanne
allative Australiallenne
essive Australiananne
translative Australiaksenne
instructive
abessive Australiattanne
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiansa
accusative nom. Australiansa
gen. Australiansa
genitive Australiansa
partitive Australiaansa
inessive Australiassaan
Australiassansa
elative Australiastaan
Australiastansa
illative Australiaansa
adessive Australiallaan
Australiallansa
ablative Australialtaan
Australialtansa
allative Australialleen
Australiallensa
essive Australianaan
Australianansa
translative Australiakseen
Australiaksensa
instructive
abessive Australiattaan
Australiattansa
comitative

In Australia = Australiassa.

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Galician[edit]

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).

Noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a country in Oceania)

Ido[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [aʷus.t(ə)raliʲa]
  • Hyphenation: aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

Interlingua[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /awˈstra.lja/
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Hyphenation: Au‧strà‧lia

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Australia f

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From austrālis (southern) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

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Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Australia

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Austrālia
Genitive Austrāliae
Dative Austrāliae
Accusative Austrāliam
Ablative Austrāliā
Vocative Austrālia

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Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation[edit]

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Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /awˈstra.lja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Pronunciation[edit]

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Australia f

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

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Sicilian[edit]

Sicilian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia scn

Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

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

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ausˈtɾalja/ [au̯sˈt̪ɾa.lja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun[edit]

Australia f

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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Swahili[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Australia

  1. Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)

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