澳大利亞

Borrowed from English Australia or Dutch Australië.

澳大利亞

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)

   入境澳大利亞／入境澳大利亚  ―  rùjìng Àodàlìyà  ―  to enter Australia

   澳大利亞本土品牌 [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚本土品牌 [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà běntǔ pǐnpái [Pinyin]

   local Australian brand

   澳大利亞有三級政府：聯邦政府、州政府和地方政府。 [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚有三级政府：联邦政府、州政府和地方政府。 [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà yǒu sān jí zhèngfǔ: liánbāng zhèngfǔ, zhōu zhèngfǔ hé dìfāng zhèngfǔ. [Pinyin]

   Australia has three levels of government: federal, state and local.

   澳大利亞消費高嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚消费高吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà xiāofèi gāo ma? [Pinyin]

   Is the cost of living in Australia high?

   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 1, pages 6–7:

     四大土之外，島嶼甚多，最大者澳大利亞，餘則亞細亞之南洋諸島、亞墨利加之海灣群島，皆商艘數至之地也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     四大土之外，岛屿甚多，最大者澳大利亚，余则亚细亚之南洋诸岛、亚墨利加之海湾群岛，皆商艘数至之地也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Sì dà tǔ zhīwài, dǎoyǔ shèn duō, zuì dà zhě Àodàlìyà, yú zé Yàxìyà zhī Nányáng zhūdǎo, Yàmòlìjiā zhī hǎiwān qúndǎo, jiē shāngsōu shuò zhì zhī dì yě. [Pinyin]

     Aside from the four continents there are a multitude of islands, the largest of which is Australia. Remaining islands include the archipelago of Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean Islands of America. All of them frequented by merchant vessels.

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

• 澳洲 (Àozhōu)
• (Taishanese, dated) 新金山
• (obsolete) 澳大利 (Àodàlì)