Australia

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 (Australia)

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• (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɑˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹeɪl.jə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Proper noun

Australia

1. 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.

2. (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.

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
• AU
• Aust
• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.

Proper noun

Australia f

1. definite nominative of Australi

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑːliɑ/ (usually)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/ (spelling pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Anagrams

• saltuaria

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/

Proper noun

Austrālia f (genitive Austrāliae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Australia

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

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)
2. Australia (continent)

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Antarktis, Asia, Australia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Sør-Amerika

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)
2. Australia (continent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈstra.lʲa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Further reading

• Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia (a country in Oceania)
2. Australia (a continent)

Proper noun

Australia f

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia

Proper noun

Australia

1. Australia (country)