Australia
English

Satellite image of Australia (English def. 1)
Etymology
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
- (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹæɪ.ljə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.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.lɪə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹeɪl.jə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun
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
- (country): Aussie (colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical)
- (continent): Meganesia, Sahul
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Austria
- Austrasie
Translations
Commonwealth of Australia
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continent of Australia
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See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America (Category: en:Continents)
- AU
- Aust
- Countries of the world
Albanian
Basque
Declension
(inanimate proper noun) declension of Australia
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Declension
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 | — | — |
In Australia = Australiassa.
Ido
See also
- (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika (Category: io:Continents)
Indonesian
Interlingua
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Austrālia |
Genitive | Austrāliae |
Dative | Austrāliae |
Accusative | Austrāliam |
Ablative | Austrāliā |
Vocative | Austrālia |
Malay
Etymology
From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /au̯straliə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /au̯stralia/
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/
Related terms
See also
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika (Category: no:Continents)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awˈstra.lʲa/
Audio (file)
Declension
declension of Australia
singular | |
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nominative | Australia |
genitive | Australii |
dative | Australii |
accusative | Australię |
instrumental | Australią |
locative | Australii |
vocative | Australio |
Derived terms
- Australijczyk m, Australijka f
- adjective: australijski
Romanian
Declension
See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, America, America de Nord, America de Sud, Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ausˈtɾalja/, [au̯sˈt̪ɾalja]
Swahili
Tagalog
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