Austraalia
Estonian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑu̯sˈtrɑːliɑ̯/, [ɑu̯sˈtrɑːlʲiɑ̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑːliɑ
- Hyphenation: Aust‧raa‧lia
Proper noun
Austraalia (genitive Austraalia, partitive Austraaliat)
- 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
| Declension of Austraalia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Austraalia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Austraalia | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Austraaliat | — | |
| illative | Austraaliasse | — | |
| inessive | Austraalias | — | |
| elative | Austraaliast | — | |
| allative | Austraaliale | — | |
| adessive | Austraalial | — | |
| ablative | Austraalialt | — | |
| translative | Austraaliaks | — | |
| terminative | Austraaliani | — | |
| essive | Austraaliana | — | |
| abessive | Austraaliata | — | |
| comitative | Austraaliaga | — | |
References
- Austraalia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Austraalia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009