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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯sˈtrɑːliɑ̯/, [ɑu̯sˈtrɑːlʲiɑ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːliɑ
  • Hyphenation: Aust‧raa‧lia

Proper noun

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Austraalia (genitive Austraalia, partitive Austraaliat)

  1. Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as its precursor colony in the British Empire)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension

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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

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  • 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