Australia

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English

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Satellite image of Australia (English def. 1)

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Australia

  1. A country and island in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.
    • 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) A continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.

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Descendants

  • Maori: Ahitereiria
  • Tokelauan: Auhitalia

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Further reading

Albanian

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. definite nominative of Australi

Asturian

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Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /au̯s̺tralia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧li‧a

Proper noun

Australia inan

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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Further reading

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin austrālia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, (long vowel more common)
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Aust‧ra‧li‧a

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
abessive Australiatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiani
accusative nom. Australiani
gen. Australiani
genitive Australiani
partitive Australiaani
inessive Australiassani
elative Australiastani
illative Australiaani
adessive Australiallani
ablative Australialtani
allative Australialleni
essive Australianani
translative Australiakseni
abessive Australiattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiasi
accusative nom. Australiasi
gen. Australiasi
genitive Australiasi
partitive Australiaasi
inessive Australiassasi
elative Australiastasi
illative Australiaasi
adessive Australiallasi
ablative Australialtasi
allative Australiallesi
essive Australianasi
translative Australiaksesi
abessive Australiattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiamme
accusative nom. Australiamme
gen. Australiamme
genitive Australiamme
partitive Australiaamme
inessive Australiassamme
elative Australiastamme
illative Australiaamme
adessive Australiallamme
ablative Australialtamme
allative Australiallemme
essive Australianamme
translative Australiaksemme
abessive Australiattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Australianne
accusative nom. Australianne
gen. Australianne
genitive Australianne
partitive Australiaanne
inessive Australiassanne
elative Australiastanne
illative Australiaanne
adessive Australiallanne
ablative Australialtanne
allative Australiallenne
essive Australiananne
translative Australiaksenne
abessive Australiattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Australiansa
accusative nom. Australiansa
gen. Australiansa
genitive Australiansa
partitive Australiaansa
inessive Australiassaan
Australiassansa
elative Australiastaan
Australiastansa
illative Australiaansa
adessive Australiallaan
Australiallansa
ablative Australialtaan
Australialtansa
allative Australialleen
Australiallensa
essive Australianaan
Australianansa
translative Australiakseen
Australiaksensa
abessive Australiattaan
Australiattansa
instructive
comitative

In Australia = Australiassa.

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Galician

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).

Noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Ido

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

See also

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
    Rey menjalankan SMA-nya di Australia.
    Rey attends high school in Australia.

Interlingua

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈstra.lja/
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Hyphenation: Au‧strà‧lia

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From austrālis (southern) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension (New Latin)

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Austrālia
Genitive Austrāliae
Dative Austrāliae
Accusative Austrāliam
Ablative Austrāliā
Vocative Austrālia

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (unknown southern land), from auster (the south wind).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/, , ,

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Related terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈstra.lja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

See also

Sicilian

Sicilian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia scn

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

See also

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ausˈtɾalja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Proper noun

Australia f

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Derived terms

Swahili

Proper noun

Australia

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

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