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Oz

Pronunciation: /ɒz/
Australian/NZ informal
Definition of Oz

adjective

  • Australian:Oz hospitality

noun

  • Australia: he spent the last few years in Oz
  • a person from Australia: it was enough to make a red-blooded Oz choke on his meat pie

Origin:

1940s: representing a pronunciation of an abbreviation of Australia

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