Australia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 – same Proto-Indo-European root, but via German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”.
See also Terra Australis.
Pronunciation edit
- (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹe.jə/
Audio (AU) (file) - (Tasmanian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ə/, /ɔˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
Audio (US) (file) - (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ə/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia, Aus‧tral‧ia
- Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun edit
Australia
- A country and island in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.
- 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.
- 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.
- (geology) A continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
Synonyms edit
- (country): Aussie (uncommon colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical), Upsidedownland (colloquial), Stralia, Straya (colloquial)
- (continent): Meganesia, Sahul, Oceania (inclusive of other islands)
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Maori: Ahitereiria
- → Tokelauan: Auhitalia
Translations edit
Commonwealth of Australia
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continent of Australia
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
See also edit
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, Central America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Category: en:Continents)
- AU
- Aust
- Countries of the world
Further reading edit
- Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.
Albanian edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
Asturian edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Australia inan
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension edit
Declension of Australia (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Australia |
| ergative | Australiak |
| dative | Australiari |
| genitive | Australiaren |
| comitative | Australiarekin |
| causative | Australiarengatik |
| benefactive | Australiarentzat |
| instrumental | Australiaz |
| inessive | Australian |
| locative | Australiako |
| allative | Australiara |
| terminative | Australiaraino |
| directive | Australiarantz |
| destinative | Australiarako |
| ablative | Australiatik |
| partitive | Australiarik |
| prolative | Australiatzat |
Derived terms edit
- australiar (“Australian”)
Further reading edit
- “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
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
Central Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝] (long vowel more common)
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Aust‧ra‧li‧a
Proper noun edit
Australia
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension edit
| Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Australia | — | ||
| genitive | Australian | — | ||
| partitive | Australiaa | — | ||
| illative | Australiaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Australia | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Australia | — | |
| gen. | Australian | |||
| genitive | Australian | — | ||
| partitive | Australiaa | — | ||
| inessive | Australiassa | — | ||
| elative | Australiasta | — | ||
| illative | Australiaan | — | ||
| adessive | Australialla | — | ||
| ablative | Australialta | — | ||
| allative | Australialle | — | ||
| essive | Australiana | — | ||
| translative | Australiaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Australiatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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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.
Derived terms edit
compounds
- australianbandogge
- australiandoggilepakko
- australianenglanti
- australianhylje
- australiankarjakoira
- australiankelpie
- australiankurki
- australianlenkko
- australianmerileijona
- australiannuolihaukka
- australianpaimenkoira
- australianpyhäiibis
- australianpähkinä
- australiansarvihai
- australiansotka
- australiansuomalainen
- australiansuorotta
- australianterrieri
- australiantuulihaukka
- australianvalevampyyri
- australianvesirotta
- Etelä-Australia
- Länsi-Australia
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms edit
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).
Noun edit
Australia
Ido edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also edit
- (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa (Category: io:Continents)
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
Ingrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Австралия (Avstralija).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯s̠trəˌlʲiɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑliɑ/, [ˈɑu̯ʃtrɑˌliɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Hyphenation: Aust‧ra‧li‧a
Proper noun edit
Australia
- 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.
- 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), 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 edit
| 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. | ||
Interlingua edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From austrālis (“southern”) + a latinization of Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtra.li.a/, [äu̯sˈt̪räːliä]
Proper noun edit
Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension (New Latin)
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Austrālia |
| Genitive | Austrāliae |
| Dative | Austrāliae |
| Accusative | Austrāliam |
| Ablative | Austrāliā |
| Vocative | Austrālia |
Derived terms edit
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /au̯straliə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /au̯stralia/
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
Proper noun edit
Australia
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms edit
See also edit
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika (Category: no:Continents)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Related terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension edit
Declension of Australia
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Declension edit
declension of Australia (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (o) Australie | Australia |
| genitive/dative | (unei) Australii | Australiei |
| vocative | Australie, Australio | |
See also edit
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (America de Nord, America de Sud), Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)
Sicilian edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also edit
- (continents) cuntinenti; Àfrica, Amèrica (Amèrica dû Nord, Amèrica dû Sud), Antàrtidi, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: scn:Continents)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Australia f
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Derived terms edit
Swahili edit
Proper noun edit
Australia
- Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
- (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
See also edit
- (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]