Western Australia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstə(ɹ)n əˈstɹeɪljə/

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Proper noun

Western Australia

2. A state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901. Capital: Perth.
   • 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2021:

     AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.

Related terms

• WA

Translations

state of Australia

• Afrikaans: Wes-Australië
• Arabic: أُسْتْرَالِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة f (ʔustrāliyā l-ḡarbiyya), أُوسْتُرَالِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة f (ʔūsturāliyā l-ḡarbiyya)
• Belarusian: Захо́дняя Аўстра́лія f (Zaxódnjaja Awstrálija)
• Bengali: পচ্চিম অস্ট্রেলিয়া (poccim osṭreliẏa)
• Bulgarian: За́падна Австра́лия f (Západna Avstrálija)
• Catalan: Austràlia Occidental f
• Cherokee: ᏭᏕᎵᎬᏗᏢ ᏒᎳᏗᏜ (wudeligvditlv svladidla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西澳大利亞 / 西澳大利亚 (zh) (Xī Àodàlìyà), 西澳洲 (Xī Àozhōu), 西澳 (Xī Ào)

• Czech: Západní Austrálie f
• Dutch: West-Australië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Okcidenta Aŭstralio
• Estonian: Lääne-Austraalia
• Finnish: Länsi-Australia (fi)
• French: Australie-Occidentale (fr) f
• Georgian: დასავლეთი ავსტრალია (dasavleti avsṭralia)
• German: Western Australia n
• Greek: Δυτική Αυστραλία f (Dytikí Afstralía)
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Ausztrália
• Italian: Australia Occidentale (it) f
• Japanese: 西オーストラリア (にしオーストラリア, Nishi Ōsutoraria)
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលីខាងលិច (ʼouhtraaliikhaanglɨc)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 웨스턴 오스트레일리아 (weseuteon oseuteureillia)
• Macedonian: За́падна Австра́лија f (Západna Avstrálija)
• Maori: Ahitereiria ki te Hauāuru
• Norman: Australie Occidentale f (Jersey)
• Persian: استرالیای غربی (ostorâliyâ-ye ġarbi)
• Polish: Australia Zachodnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Austrália Ocidental f
• Russian: За́падная Австра́лия (ru) f (Západnaja Avstrálija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Западна Аустралија f

  Roman: Zapadna Australija f

• Slovak: Západná Austrália f
• Slovene: Zahodna Avstralija f
• Spanish: Australia Occidental f
• Thai: เวสเทิร์นออสเตรเลีย (wées-tə̂ən-ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
• Ukrainian: За́хідна Австра́лія f (Záxidna Avstrálija)
• Vietnamese: Tây Úc
• Welsh: Awstralia Gorwellin

See also

• sandgroper (colloquial) for persons from the state

Further reading

• Western Australia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Swedish

Proper noun

Western Australia n (genitive Western Australias)

1. Western Australia (a state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)

   Synonym: Västaustralien