Australiana

See also: australiana

English

Etymology 1

Australia +‎ -ana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈɑnə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈeɪnə/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tral‧ia‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Australiana pl (plural only)

  1. All things peculiar to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Australian to make it look Italian (australiana is indeed an Italian word).

Noun

Australiana

  1. (Australia) A pizza topped with bacon (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
    • 1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
      Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.
    • 2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
      Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.
    • 2004, Loose lips, page 21:
      Our town was chilli crazy — the Italian restaurant now served chilli-garlic bread, the Australiana Pizza at Nico's now featured chilli as one of its toppings and at the Rotary Fete, savoury chilli biscuits outnumbered sponge cakes three to one.

Finnish

Proper noun

Australiana

  1. Essive singular form of Australia.
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