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Australian

Syllabification: (Aus·tral·ian)
Pronunciation: /ôˈstrālyən/
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Definition of Australian

noun

  • a native or inhabitant of Australia, or a person of Australian descent.

adjective

  • of or relating to Australia.
  • Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Australasia together with Indonesia east of Wallace’s line, in which monotremes and marsupials dominate the fauna. Compare with Notogaea, oriental.
  • Botany of, relating to, or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising only Australia and Tasmania.

Derivatives

Australianism

Pronunciation: /-ˌnizəm/
noun

Origin:

from French australien, from Latin australis in the phrase Terra Australis 'the southern land', the name of the supposed southern continent

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