Aust

See also: aust

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Aust

1. Abbreviation of Australia.
2. Abbreviation of Australian.

Etymology 2

From Latin Augusta.

Proper noun

Aust

1. A small village in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary.

References

• Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1913). Place-names of Gloucestershire; a handbook. Gloucester: J. Bellows. pp. 9–12.

Etymology 3

• 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

Aust (plural Austs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aust is the 17481^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1612 individuals. Aust is most common among White (94.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70.

Anagrams

• Tusa, usta, ATUs, stau, TAUs, utas, taus, USTA, U.S.T.A., USAT, Taus

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German ast, from Old Saxon ast, from Proto-West Germanic *ast (“branch”). Cognate with Dutch ast, German Ast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs(t)/

Noun

Aust m (plural Asta)

1. branch, limb (of a tree)