Australia
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪljə/, /əˈstɹeɪljə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹæɪljə/, /əˈstɹæɪliːə/, /əˈstɹæɪjə/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹejə/
Audio (AU) (file) - (Tasmanian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɛliːə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪliːə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪlijə/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪjə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹɛliə/, /ɔˈstɹɛljə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɹɛliə/, /ɑˈstɹɛljə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eɪliə
- Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lia
Proper nounEdit
Australia
- A country in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia.
- 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) The continent of Australia-New Guinea. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
SynonymsEdit
- (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)
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Maori: Ahitereiria
- → Tokelauan: Auhitalia
TranslationsEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania (Category: en:Continents)
- AU
- Aust
- Countries of the world
Further readingEdit
- Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.
AlbanianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
AsturianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
Related termsEdit
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia inan
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Austraalia (rare)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝] (long vowel more common)
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): aust‧ra‧li‧a
Proper nounEdit
Australia
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Australia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Australiatta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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In Australia = Australiassa.
Related termsEdit
GalicianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
Related termsEdit
GreenlandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).
NounEdit
Australia
IdoEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
See alsoEdit
- (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa (Category: io:Continents)
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
InterlinguaEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtraː.li.a/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪räːlʲiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈtra.li.a/, [äu̯sˈt̪räːliä]
Proper nounEdit
Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Austrālia |
| Genitive | Austrāliae |
| Dative | Austrāliae |
| Accusative | Austrāliam |
| Ablative | Austrāliā |
| Vocative | Austrālia |
Derived termsEdit
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /au̯straliə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /au̯stralia/
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
Proper nounEdit
Australia
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika (Category: no:Continents)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Australia
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
DeclensionEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (continents) continent; Africa, America (America de Nord, America de Sud), Antarctica, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ro:Continents)
SicilianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
See alsoEdit
- (continents) cuntinenti; Àfrica, Amèrica (Amèrica dû Nord, Amèrica dû Sud), Antàrtidi, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: scn:Continents)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia f
Derived termsEdit
SwahiliEdit
Proper nounEdit
Australia
See alsoEdit
- (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]