Australasia

See also: Australásia

English

Etymology

Coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes 1756. He derived it from the Latin for “south of Asia”.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒstɹ(ə)lˈeɪʒə/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔstɹl̩ˈæɪʒɐ/
Rhymes: -eɪʒə

Proper noun

Australasia

Oceania.
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.
Holonym: Oceania

Usage notes

This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use. But it has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania.

Derived terms

Australasian (adj)

Translations

Oceania — see Oceania

Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands

Belarusian: Аўстрала́зія f (Aŭstralázija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 澳大拉西亞, 澳大拉西亚 (Àodàlāxīyà)
Danish: Australasien pl
Esperanto: Aŭstralazio
Estonian: Australaasia
Finnish: Australaasia
French: Australasie (fr) f
German: Australasien (de) n
Greek: Αυστραλασία f (Afstralasía)
Ido: Australazia (io)

Irish: an Astraláise f
Japanese: オーストララシア (Ōsutorarasia)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ອົດສະຕາອາຊີ (’ot sa tā ’ā sī)
Norman: Australâsie f
Polish: Australazja f
Portuguese: Australásia f
Russian: Австрала́зия (ru) f (Avstralázija)
Serbo-Croatian: Australazija f
Spanish: Australasia f
Ukrainian: Австралоа́зія f (Avstraloázija), Австрала́зія f (Avstralázija)

Spanish

Proper noun

Australasia f

Australasia

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