Australia

• Straya, 'Straya (informal)

First attested 16th century, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below).

Distantly cognate to Austria, containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, but through German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”.

See also Terra Australis.

• (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹe.jə/

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• (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/

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• (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.i.ə/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/

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• Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia, Aus‧tral‧ia
• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Australia

2. An island of Oceania.
   • 1693: translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of Gabriel de Foigny) titled Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voiage de la Terre Australe published 1692, translation published in London in 1693. Quoted in The Australian Language by Sidney J. Baker, second edition, 1966, chapter XIX, section 1, pages 388-9.

     This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ...

   • 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis, volume 1 (at Project Gutenberg)

     Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into AUSTRALIA; as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.

4. 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. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.

   Synonyms: Aussie (uncommon, colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical), Upsidedownland (colloquial), Stralia (colloquial), Straya (colloquial)

   Hypernym: Antipodes

   • 2011 November 1, Emily Smith, “‘Movember’ gets hairy, for a cause”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     During Movember (the month formerly known as November), men around the globe grow mustaches (hence the name) while raising money for men’s health issues. Movember started in Australia in 2003.

   • 2025 May 30, Riley Cedar, “Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii”, in Military Times‎^[2]:

     The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21.

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

   He is going to Australia for his honeymoon for 10 days.

   Synonyms: Meganesia, Sahul, Oceania (inclusive of other islands)

• → Japanese: オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria)
• → Maori: Ahitereiria
• → Tokelauan: Auhitalia

• AU
• Aust
• Countries of the world

• Australia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.

Australia f

1. definite nominative of Australi

Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• australianu

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• IPA^(key): /au̯s̺tralia/ [au̯s̺.t̪ra.li.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧li‧a

Australia inan

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• Austraalia (rare)

From Latin austrālia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠.trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝] (long vowel more common)

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• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Aust‧ra‧li‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Aust‧ra‧lia

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Australia" is Australiassa.

• australialainen
• australialaisuus

• Austrália (reintegrationist)

Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• australiano

Borrowed from English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• IPA^(key): [aus.tra.li.ja]
• Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

   Rey menjalankan SMA-nya di Australia.

   Rey attends high school in Australia.

• Avstralia

Borrowed from Russian Австралия (Avstralija).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯s̠trəˌlʲiɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯ʃtrɑˌliɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a

Australia

1. Australia (a country in Oceania)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:

     Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.

     England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.

2. Australia (a continent)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122:

     Voimakkaammat kapitalisticeskoit maat ottiit Afrikast, Amerikast, Australiast ja Aaziast ettäiset rikkaat maat.

     The strongest capitalistic countries took the faraway rich countries from Africa, America, Australia and Asia.

Declension of Australia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Australia	Australiat
genitive	Australian	Australioin
partitive	Australiaa	Australioja
illative	Australiaa	Australioi
inessive	Australias	Australiois
elative	Australiast	Australioist
allative	Australialle	Australioille
adessive	Australial	Australioil
ablative	Australialt	Australioilt
translative	Australiaks	Australioiks
essive	Australianna, Australiaan	Australioinna, Australioin
exessive1)	Australiant	Australioint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• IPA^(key): /a.usˈtra.lja/^[1]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: A‧us‧trà‧lia

Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• australiano

• →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija

• saltuaria

From austrālis (“southern”) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯sˈtraː.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯sˈt̪raː.li.a]

Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension (New Latin)

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• austrāliēnsis, austrāliānus

Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /au̯straliə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /au̯stralia/
• Rhymes: -iə, -ə

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• IPA^(key): /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/, [æʉstɾɑːlɪɑ], [æʉstʁɑːlɪɑ], [æʉstrɑːlɪɑ]

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• australier
• australsk

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• australiar
• australsk

Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.

• IPA^(key): /awsˈtra.lja/

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Australia f (related adjective australijski)

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• Australia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Australia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• IPA^(key): /ausˈtɾalja/ [au̯sˈt̪ɾa.lja]

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧lia

Australia f

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)

• Australia Meridional
• Australia Occidental
• australiano, australiana

Australia

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. , New Guinea and intervening islands)