أستراليا
See also: استرالیا
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أُوسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔūsturāliyā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.tu.raː.li.jaː/
Proper noun
أُسْتُرَالِيَا • (ʔusturāliyā) f
- Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
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| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā |
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| nominative | — | أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā |
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| accusative | — | أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā |
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| genitive | — | أُسْتُرَالِيَا ʔusturāliyā |
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See also
- أُسْتُرَالِيّ (ʔusturāliyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أستراليا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔusturāliyā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔustraːl.ja/, [ʔusˈtræːl.ja]
Proper noun
أستراليا • (ʔustrālya) f
- Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms
- أسترالي (ʔustrāli, “Australian”)
See also
| Seven Continents in South Levantine Arabic · القارّات السبعة (il-qārrāt is-sabʕa) (layout · text) | |||||||
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أميركا الشماليّة (ʔamērka š-šamāliyye) |
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أفريقيا (ʔafrīqya) |
أوربّا (ʔūrubba) |
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أستراليا (ʔustrālya) |
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