see|Austrália|australia
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English
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Etymology
First attested 16th century, from L. term||terra#Latin|terra australis|austr�lis incognita|inc�gnita|unknown southern land, from auster (�the south wind�). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by w:Matthew Flinders|Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below).

See also Terra Australis.

Pronunciation
w:Australian English phonology|AuE?: IPA|/�.�stræɪ.lj�, -li�.�, -j�/
w:Received Pronunciation|RP: IPA|/�.�streɪ.li�.�, -j�/
w:General American|GenAm?: IPA|/�.�stre.li.�, -j�/
rhymes|eɪli�

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. 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 w:Gabriel de Foigny|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, w:Matthew Flinders|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.

1. The continent of Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia covers a number of remote outlying island territories which are not considered part of the continent. Many consider the Commonwealth of Australia to cover the entire continent. However New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.

Synonyms
Terra Australis (obsolete)
New Holland (obsolete)
Aussieland (colloquial)
Oz (colloquial)
land down under

Related terms
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Aussie
Australasia
Australia Day
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Australia Felix
Australian
Australianism
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Slovak: t-|sk|Austrália|f
Slovene: t+|sl|Avstralija|f
Sorbian, Lower: Awstralska
Spanish: t+|es|Australia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|Australien
Tagalog: Australia#Tagalog|Australia
Tamil: �வ�ஸ�திர�லியா (Avustir�liy�), �ஸ�திர�லியா (�stir�liy�)
Thai: THchar|ออส��ร�ลีย (ààwtdraelia)
Tibetan: ཨོ�སེ��ེ�ལི�ཡ (O.se.the.li.ya)
Tok Pisin: Ostrelia
Turkish: t+|tr|Avustralya
Ukrainian: t+|uk|�в���ал��|f|trAvstralija|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Urdu: URchar|آسٹر���ا IPAchar|(�sṫreliya)
Vietnamese: �c
Welsh: Awstralia
Yiddish: �ױס�ר�ַ��ע (Oystralye)
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trans-top|continent of Australia
Czech: t+|cs|Austrálie|f
Chinese: 澳洲 (�ozh�u)
Danish: t-|da|Australien
Dutch: t+|nl|Australië
Estonian: t-|et|Austraalia
Finnish: t+|fi|Australia, Australian manner#Finnish|manner
French: t+|fr|Australie|f
German: t+|de|Australien
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס�ר���|ostrália f IPAchar|(osṭ'ralia)
Icelandic: t+|is|�stralía|f
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Japanese: �������大� (�sutoraria-tairiku)
Polish: t+|pl|Australia|f
Romanian: t+|ro|Australia|f
Russian: t+|ru|�в���али�|f|sc=Cyrl (Avstrálija)
Slovak: t-|sk|Austrália|f
Slovene: t+|sl|Avstralija|f
Spanish: t+|es|Australia|f
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See also
AU
Aust
Countries of the world

External links
Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.

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Finnish

Proper noun
Australia

1. #English|Australia

Related terms
australialainen
australialaisuus

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Norwegian

Pronunciation
IPA|/æ�stɾ��lj�/

Proper noun
Australia

1. #English|Australia

Related terms
australier
australsk

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Proper noun
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1. #English|Australia

Declension
ro-country|gend=f|Australiei

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