أستراليا

Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔus.tu.raː.li.jaː/

Proper noun

أُسْتُرَالِيَا • (ʔusturāliyāf

  1. 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)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْتُرَالِيَا (ʔusturāliyā)
singular singular invariable
indefinite definite construct
informal أُسْتُرَالِيَا
ʔusturāliyā
nominative أُسْتُرَالِيَا
ʔusturāliyā
accusative أُسْتُرَالِيَا
ʔusturāliyā
genitive أُسْتُرَالِيَا
ʔusturāliyā

See also

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 • (ʔustrālyaf

  1. 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)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

See also

Seven Continents in South Levantine Arabic · القارّات‎ السبعة (il-qārrāt is-sabʕa) (layout · text)
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