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Avustralya

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Turkish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آوسترالیا[1][2] or آوسترالیه (avustraliya, ostraliya),[3] from English Australia.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /a.vusˈtɾal.ja/, /a.vus.t(u)ˈɾal.ja/
    • Hyphenation: A‧vus‧tral‧ya
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    Proper noun

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    Avustralya

    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

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آوسترالیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 253
    2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آوسترالیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 41
    3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901), “آوسترالیه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 58

    Further reading

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