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English
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
( General Australian , Macquarie Dictionary) IPA (key ) : /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/ , /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
( General Australian ) IPA (key ) : /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/ , /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/ , /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/ , /-ɹɛl-/ , /-ɹe.jə/
( Tasmanian ) IPA (key ) : /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/ , /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
( Received Pronunciation , dated) IPA (key ) : /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/ , /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
( General American ) IPA (key ) : /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ə/ , /ɔˈstɹɛl.jə/ , /-ɹeɪl-/
( cot –caught merger, Canada ) IPA (key ) : /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ə/ , /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/ , /-ɹeɪl-/
Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia , Aus‧tral‧ia
Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun
Australia
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.
( 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.
Synonyms
( country ) : Aussie ( uncommon colloquial ) , Aussieland ( colloquial ) , land down under , New Holland ( historical ) , Oz ( colloquial ) , Terra Australis ( historical ) , Upsidedownland ( colloquial ) , Stralia , Straya ( colloquial )
( continent ) : Meganesia , Sahul , Oceania ( inclusive of other islands )
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Commonwealth of Australia
Abkhaz: Австралиа ( Avstʼralja )
Acehnese: Australia
Afrikaans: Australië (af)
Albanian: Australi f
Amharic: አውስትራልያ ( ʾäwsətralya )
Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ar) f ( ʔusturāliyā )
Hijazi Arabic: أستراليا f ( ʔusturālya )
Moroccan Arabic: ؤسطراليا f , ؤستراليا f
Aragonese: Australia f
Armenian: Ավստրալիա (hy) ( Avstralia )
Assamese: অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া ( ostrelia )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܣܛܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ f ( usṭraliya )
Asturian: Australia (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Avstraliya (az)
Balinese: Ostrali
Bashkir: Австралия ( Avstraliya )
Basque: Australia (eu)
Bavarian: Australien
Belarusian: Аўстра́лія (be) f ( Aŭstrálija )
Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) ( osṭreliẏa )
Bislama: Ostrelia
Breton: Aostralia
Bulgarian: Австра́лия f ( Avstrálija )
Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) ( au:ca.tre:lya. )
Carpathian Rusyn: Австра́лія f ( Avstrálija )
Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f
Chamorro: Ostereilia
Chechen: Австрали ( Avstrali )
Cherokee: ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ( eladitla ) , ᎡᎳᏗᏜ ( eladidla )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 ( ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 ) , 澳洲 ( ou3 zau1 )
Eastern Min: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 ( Ó̤-dâi-lé-ā ) , 澳洲 ( Ó̤-ciŭ )
Hakka: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 ( O-thai-li-â / O-thai-li-á ) , 澳洲 ( O-chû )
Hokkien: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (zh-min-nan) ( Ò-tāi-lī-a ) , 澳洲 ( Ò-chiu )
Mandarin: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (zh) ( Àodàlìyà ) , 澳洲 (zh) ( Àozhōu )
Wu: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 ( 2 au-da-li-ia) , 澳洲 ( 2 au-tseu)
Chuvash: Австрали ( Avstrali )
Cornish: Ostrali
Crimean Tatar: Avstraliya
Czech: Austrálie (cs) f
Danish: Australien (da) n
Dhivehi: އޮސްޓަރުލިޔާ ( osṭaruliyā )
Dinka: Authërelia , Australia
Dutch: Australië (nl) n
Dzongkha: ཨས་ཊེཡེ་ལི་ཡ ( as ṭeye li ya )
Esperanto: Aŭstralio (eo)
Estonian: Austraalia (et)
Faroese: Avstralia n
Fiji Hindi: Australia
Fijian: Ositerelia
Finnish: Australia (fi)
French: Australie (fr) f
Galician: Australia (gl) f
Gamilaraay: Yarraanbaa
Georgian: ავსტრალია (ka) ( avsṭralia )
German: Australien (de) n
Alemannic German: Australien
Greek: Αυστραλία (el) f ( Afstralía )
Gujarati: ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા ( osṭreliyā )
Hausa: Ostareliya
Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה (he) f ( ostrálya )
Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) m ( ŏsṭreliyā ) , आस्ट्रेलिया m ( āsṭreliyā ) , ओस्ट्रेलिया m ( osṭreliyā )
Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
Hunsrik: Australje n
Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
Indonesian: Australia (id)
Interlingua: Australia
Inuktitut: ᐊᔅᑦᕌᓕᐊ ( astraalia )
Irish: An Astráil f , Comhlathas na hAstráile m
Italian: Australia (it) f
Japanese: オーストラリア (ja) ( Ōsutoraria ) (also written: 濠太剌利 (ja) ( Ōsutoraria ) ), ( rare ) 濠洲 (ja) ( ごうしゅう, Gōshū ) , 豪州 (ja) ( ごうしゅう, Gōshū ) , ( abbreviation ) 濠 (ja) ( ごう, Gō ) , 豪 (ja) ( ごう, Gō )
Kala Lagaw Ya: Koey Daudai
Kalenjin: Australia
Kamba: Australia
Kannada: ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೆಲಿಯ ( āsṭreliya ) , ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ (kn) ( āsṭrēliya )
Karachay-Balkar: Австралия ( Avstraliya )
Kazakh: Аустралия (kk) ( Australiä )
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) ( ʼoustraalii )
Kikuyu: Australia
Korean: 오스트레일리아 (ko) ( Oseuteureillia ) , 호주(濠洲) (ko) ( Hoju ) , 오스트랄리아 (ko) ( Oseuteurallia ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئوسترالیا (ckb) ( ustralya )
Northern Kurdish: Awistralya (ku) , Australya (ku) , Awustralya (ku) , Ewistralya (ku) , Ewustralya (ku) , Ostralya (ku) , Ustralya (ku)
Kyrgyz: Австралия (ky) ( Avstraliya )
Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ ( ʼot sa tā lī ) , ອົສຕາລີ ( ʼot tā lī ) , ອົດສະຕຣາລີ ( ʼot sat rā lī )
Latin: Australia (la) f
Latvian: Austrālija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Australija (lt) f
Luhya: Australia
Luo: Australia
Macedonian: Австралија (mk) f ( Avstralija )
Malagasy: Aostralia
Malay: Australia (ms)
Malayalam: ആസ്ട്രേലിയ ( āsṭrēliya ) , ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ ( ōsṭrēliya )
Maltese: Awstralja f
Manx: Yn Austrail f
Maori: Ahitereiria , Te Pāpaka-a-Māui , Te Whenua Moemoeā
Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया ( ŏsṭreliyā ) , ओस्ट्रेलिया ( osṭreliyā )
Meriam: Keo Daudai
Moksha: Австралие ( Avstraľije )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Австрали ( Avstrali ) , Австрали улс ( Avstrali uls ) ,
Mongolian: ᠠᠦ᠋ᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠠᠯᠢ ( aüstrali )
Nahuatl: Australia
Nauruan: Otereiriya (na)
Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh bikéyah
Nepali: अस्ट्रेलिया ( asṭreliyā )
Niuean: Ausetalia
Norfuk: Ostrielya
Norman: Australie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Australia (no) n
Nynorsk: Australia (nn) n
Occitan: Austràlia (oc) f
Odia: ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ ( ôṣṭrelia )
Okinawan: オーストラリア
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Аѵстралїꙗ f ( Avstralija ) ( modern )
Ossetian: Австрали ( Avstrali )
Pashto: اسټراليا f ( asṭrālyā ) , آستراليا f ( āstrālyā ) , استراليا f ( astrālyā )
Persian:
Dari: آسْتْرَالِیَا ( āstrāliyā ) , آسْتْرَلِیَا ( āstraliyā ) , آسْتْریلِیَا ( āstrēliyā )
Iranian Persian: اُسْتُرالِیا (fa) ( ostorâliyâ ) , اُسْتْرالِیا (fa) ( ostrâliyâ )
Plautdietsch: Australien n
Polish: Australia (pl) f
Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f
Pukapukan: Oteleilia
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਅਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ m ( asaṭrelīā ) , ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ m ( āsaṭrelīā )
Rarotongan: ‘Autirēria
Rhine Franconian: Auschdralie
Romanian: Australia (ro) f
Russian: Австра́лия (ru) f ( Avstrálija )
Samoan: Ausetalia (sm)
Sanskrit: महालंका ( mahālaṃkā )
Scots: Australie , Austrailie
Scottish Gaelic: Astràilia
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ау̀стра̄лија f
Roman: Aùstrālija (sh) f
Shan: ဢေႃႇၸတြေးလီးယိူဝ်း ( ʼàu tsǎ trée líi yóe )
Sindhi: آسٽريليا
Sinhalese: ඕස්ට්රේලියාව (si) ( ōsṭrēliyāwa )
Slavomolisano: Lauštralija f
Slovak: Austrália (sk) f
Slovene: Avstrálija (sl) f
Somali: Ustraleeya
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Awstralska f
Upper Sorbian: Awstralska f
Spanish: Australia (es) f
Swahili: Australia (sw)
Swedish: Australien (sv) n
Tagalog: Australia
Tahitian: Autereraria , Auterāria
Tajik: Австралия (tg) ( Avstraliya )
Tamil: அவுஸ்திரேலியா (ta) ( avustirēliyā ) , ஆஸ்திரேலியா (ta) ( āstirēliyā )
Tatar: Австралия ( Awstraliyä )
Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) ( āsṭrēliyā )
Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) ( ɔ́s-dtree-liia )
Tibetan: ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ ( o se the li ya )
Tigrinya: ኣውስትራሊያ ( ʾawsətraliya )
Tok Pisin: Ostrelia
Tongan: ʻAositelēlia
Torres Strait Creole: Ostrelia
Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
Turkmen: Awstraliýa
Ukrainian: Австра́лія (uk) f ( Avstrálija )
Urdu: آسْٹْریلِیا m ( āsṭreliyā )
Uyghur: ئاۋسترالىيە ( awstraliye )
Uzbek: Avstraliya (uz)
Veps: Avstralii
Vietnamese: Úc (vi) (澳 ), Úc Đại Lợi (澳大利 ), Châu Úc (洲澳 ), Úc Châu (澳洲 ), Ô-xtrây-li-a (vi) , nước Úc , Australia (vi)
Volapük: Laustralän (vo)
Walloon: Ostraleye (wa)
Welsh: Awstralia (cy)
Western Panjabi: آسٹریلیا ( āsṫreliya )
Wolof: Óstraali (wo)
Yakut: Аустралия ( Australiya )
Yiddish: אויסטראַליע f ( oystralye ) , אַווסטראַליע f ( avstralye )
Yoruba: Ástràlìá
Zazaki: ( Southern Zazaki ) Awıstralya
Zhuang: Audaliya , Aucouh
Zulu: i-Ostreliya
continent of Australia
Afrikaans: Australië (af)
Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ar) f ( ʔusturāliyā )
Armenian: Ավստրալիա (hy) ( Avstralia )
Assamese: অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া ( ostrelia )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܣܛܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ f ( usṭraliya )
Belarusian: Аўстра́лія (be) f ( Aŭstrálija )
Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়া (bn) ( osṭreliẏa )
Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) ( au:ca.tre:lya. )
Catalan: Austràlia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 ( ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 ) , 澳洲 ( ou3 zau1 )
Hokkien: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (zh-min-nan) ( Ò-tāi-lī-a ) , 澳洲 ( Ò-chiu )
Mandarin: 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (zh) ( Àodàlìyà ) , 澳洲 (zh) ( Àozhōu )
Czech: Austrálie (cs) f
Danish: Australien (da)
Dinka: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: Australië (nl)
Estonian: Austraalia (et)
Finnish: Australia (fi) , Australian manner
French: Australie (fr) f
Galician: Australia (gl) f
Gamilaraay: Yarraanbaa
Georgian: ავსტრალია (ka) ( avsṭralia )
German: Australien (de)
Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה (he) f ( ostrálya )
Hindi: ऑस्ट्रेलिया (hi) m ( ŏsṭreliyā ) , आस्ट्रेलिया m ( āsṭreliyā ) , ओस्ट्रेलिया m ( osṭreliyā )
Hungarian: Ausztrália (hu)
Icelandic: Ástralía (is) f
Irish: An Astráil f
Japanese: オーストラリア (ja) ( Ōsutoraria ) (also written: 濠太剌利 (ja) ( Ōsutoraria ) ), ( rare ) 濠洲 (ja) ( ごうしゅう, Gōshū ) , 豪州 (ja) ( ごうしゅう, Gōshū ) , ( abbreviation ) 濠 (ja) ( ごう, Gō ) , 豪 (ja) ( ごう, Gō ) , オーストラリア 大陸 ( オーストラリアたいりく, Ōsutoraria tairiku )
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) ( ʼoustraalii )
Korean: 오스트레일리아 (ko) ( Oseuteureillia ) , 호주(濠洲) (ko) ( Hoju ) , 오스트랄리아 (ko) ( Oseuteurallia ) ( North Korea )
Latvian: Austrālija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Australija (lt) f
Macedonian: Австралија (mk) f ( Avstralija )
Malay: Australia (ms)
Manx: Yn Austrail f
Moore: wostrali
Norman: Australie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Australia (no) n
Nynorsk: Australia (nn) n
Occitan: Austràlia (oc) f
Pashto: اسټراليا f ( asṭrālyā ) , آستراليا f ( āstrālyā ) , استراليا f ( astrālyā )
Persian:
Dari: آسْتْرَالِیَا ( āstrāliyā ) , آسْتْرَلِیَا ( āstraliyā ) , آسْتْریلِیَا ( āstrēliyā )
Iranian Persian: اُسْتُرالِیا (fa) ( ostorâliyâ ) , اُسْتْرالِیا (fa) ( ostrâliyâ )
Plautdietsch: Australien n
Polish: Australia (pl) f
Portuguese: Austrália (pt) f
Romanian: Australia (ro) f
Russian: Австра́лия (ru) f ( Avstrálija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ау̀стра̄лија f
Roman: Aùstrālija (sh) f
Slovak: Austrália (sk) f
Slovene: Avstrálija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: Awstralija f
Spanish: Australia (es) f
Swedish: Australien (sv) n
Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియా (te) ( āsṭrēliyā )
Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) ( ɔ́s-dtree-liia )
Turkish: Avustralya (tr)
Urdu: آسْٹْریلِیا m ( āsṭreliyā )
Uyghur: ئاۋسترالىيە ( awstraliye )
Vietnamese: Châu Úc (洲澳 ), Úc Châu (澳洲 ), Úc (vi) (澳 )
Volapük: Stralop (vo)
Yiddish: אַווסטראַליע n ( avstralye )
Translations to be checked
See also
Further reading
Albanian
Proper noun
Australia f
definite nominative of Australi
Asturian
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /au̯s̺tralia/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧li‧a
Proper noun
Australia inan
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
Declension of Australia (inanimate, ending in -a )
Derived terms
Further reading
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( 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
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
In Australia = Australiassa .
Related terms
Galician
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms
Greenlandic
Etymology
From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien ).
Noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Ido
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: aus‧tra‧lia
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( 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
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /awˈstra.lja/
Rhymes: -alja
Hyphenation: Au‧strà‧lia
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( 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 )
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
Malay
Etymology
From English Australia , from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita ( “ unknown southern land ” ) , from auster ( “ the south wind ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Australia , from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /awˈstra.lja/
Rhymes: -alja
Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
declension of Australia (singular only)
See also
Sicilian
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ausˈtɾalja/
Rhymes: -alja
Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia
Proper noun
Australia f
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
Derived terms
Swahili
Proper noun
Australia
Australia (a country and island in Oceania )
( geology ) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia , New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also