Aust
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See also: aust
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Aust
- Abbreviation of Australia.
- Abbreviation of Australian.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Aust
- A small village in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary.
References edit
- Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1913). Place-names of Gloucestershire; a handbook. Gloucester: J. Bellows. pp. 9–12.
Etymology 3 edit
- As a German surname, from Aust, shortened from August and Augustin.
- As an English surname, from the placename in England (see Etymology 2 above).
Proper noun edit
Aust (plural Austs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Aust is the 17481st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1612 individuals. Aust is most common among White (94.23%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70.
Anagrams edit
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ast, from Old Saxon ast, from Proto-West Germanic *ast (“branch”). Cognate with Dutch ast, German Ast.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Aust m (plural Asta)