オーストラリア

Japanese

Alternative spellings
豪太剌利 (obsolete)
濠太剌利 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Australia.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) オーストラリア [òósútóráꜜrìà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːsɨ̥to̞ɾa̠ɾʲia̠]

Proper noun

オーストラリア • (Ōsutoraria) 

  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)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Landmasses: 六(ろく)大(たい)陸(りく) (rokutairiku)[c 1]edit
  1. ^ Traditionally, Japanese distinguishes six "continents" (Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania) from six "landmasses" (Africa, North America, South America, Eurasia, Australia, Antarctica).
countries in Oceania: オセアニアの諸(しょ)国(こく) (Oseania no shokoku) (appendix)edit

See also

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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