Australian

australian English Etymology en :af Australia -an<pos:suffix forming adjectives> + 1 en Where did the sense 'upside-down' come from? Pronunciation en /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/ /əˈstɹeɪljən/ AU,Macquarie Dictionary en /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/ /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ən/ /əˈstɹæɪl.jən/ /-ɹɛl-/ /-ɹejən/ AU en /əˈstɹɛliːən/ Tasmanian en /ɒsˈtɹeɪ.liː.ən/ /ɒsˈtɹeɪ.li.jən/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Australian.wav Southern England en /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪən/ /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪjən/ RP,dated en /ɔˈstɹeɪljən/ GA en /ɑˈstɹeɪljən/ cot-caught,US and Canadian dialects en /ɒsˈtɹeɪ.ljən/ CA en Aus tra lian en eɪliən 4 RP en eɪljən 3 GA Noun A person from the Commonwealth of Australia. en 1956 1972 w:Anthony Burgess Time for a Tiger The Malayan Trilogy 38 An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much. en Oliver Milman w:Boris Johnson Boris Johnson calls for free labour exchange between UK and Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20190814173508/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/26/boris-johnson-australia-migration-exchange 14 August 2019 w:Alan Rusbridger w:The Guardian London Guardian News & Media 26-08-2013 0261-3077 229952407 It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say. en anthropology A person aboriginal to Australia. en uncommon A person from the continent of Australia. Australian English. Translations person from the country of Australia Afrikaans: af Australiër Albanian: sq australian m Arabic: ar أُسْتُرَالِيّ m, ar أُسْتُرَالِيَّة f, ar أُوسْتُرَالِيّ m, ar أُوسْتُرَالِيَّة f Armenian: hy ավստրալիացի Asturian: ast australianu m Azerbaijani: az avstraliyalı Belarusian: be аўстралі́ец m, be аўстралі́йка f Bulgarian: bg австрали́ец m, bg австрали́йка f, bg австрали́йче n Catalan: ca australià Chinese: Cantonese: yue 澳大利亞人 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 jan4, yue 澳洲人 ou3 zau1 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 澳大利亞人 Àodàlìyàrén, cmn 澳洲人 Àozhōurén Czech: cs Australan m, cs Australanka f Danish: da australier c Dutch: nl Australiër m, nl Australische f Esperanto: eo aŭstraliano Estonian: man or woman et austraallane, woman; no grammatical gender et austraallanna Faroese: fo avstraliari m Finnish: fi australialainen French: fr Australien m, fr Australienne f Galician: gl australiano m, gl australiana f Georgian: ka ავსტრალიელი German: de Australier m, de Australierin f Greek: el Αυστραλός m, el Αυστραλέζος m; el Αυστραλή f, el Αυστραλέζα f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug autaraliagua Hawaiian: haw ʻAukekulelia Hebrew: he אוֹסְטְרָלִי m ostráli, he אוֹסְטְרָלִית f ostrálit Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलियाई m f Icelandic: is Ástrali m, is Ástralíumaður m, is Ástralíubúi m Irish: ga Astrálach m Italian: it australiano m Japanese: ja オーストラリア人 オーストラリアじん, Ōsutorariajin Kazakh: kk аустралиялық Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី, km ជនជាតិអូស្ត្រាលី cŭən ciət ʾoustraalii Korean: ko 호주인(濠洲人), ko 오스트레일리아인, ko 호주 사람, ko 오스트레일리아 사람 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr awistralyayî m f Kyrgyz: ky австралиялык, ky австралиец Latvian: lv austrālietis m, lv austrāliete f Lithuanian: lt australietis m, lt australietė f, lt australė f Macedonian: mk Австралиец m, mk Австралијка f Maltese: mt Awstraljan m, mt Awstraljana f, mt Awstraljani p Manx: gv Austrailagh Marathi: mr ऑस्ट्रेलियन ? Mauritian Creole: mfe Ostralien Norwegian: Bokmål: nb australier m Nynorsk: nn australiar m Occitan: oc australian m Pashto: ps استراليائي astraliāyí Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُسْتُرالِیایی, fa-ira اُسْتْرالِیایی Polish: pl Australijczyk m, pl Australijka f Portuguese: pt australiano m Romanian: ro australian m, ro australiancă f Russian: ru австрали́ец m, ru австрали́йка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Аустра́лац m, sh Ау̀стра̄лка f, sh Аустралија́нац m, sh Аустралѝја̄нка f Latin: sh Austrálac m, sh Aùstrālka f, sh Australijánac m, sh Australìjānka f Slovak: sk Austrálčan m, sk Austrálčanka f Slovene: sl Australčan m, sl Avstralec m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Awstralčan m, hsb Awstralčanka f Spanish: es australiano m, es australiana f Swahili: sw waustralia Swedish: sv australier ?, sv australiensare ? male or general, sv australiensiska ?, sv australiska f Tajik: tg австралиягӣ Telugu: te ఆస్ట్రేలియను Thai: th ชาวออสเตรเลีย chaao ɔ́s-dtree-liia Turkish: tr Avustralyalı Turkmen: tk awstraliýaly Ukrainian: uk австралі́єць m, uk австралі́йка f Urdu: ur آسْٹْریلِیَن m f Uyghur: ug ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك Uzbek: uz avstraliyalik Vietnamese: vi người Úc, vi người Úc Đại Lợi dated, vi người Ô-xtrây-li-a Volapük: ♂♀ vo Laustralänan, ♂ vo hi-Laustralänan, ♀ vo ji-Laustralänan Welsh: cy Awstraliad m Yiddish: yi אויסטראַליער m person from the continent of Australia Catalan: ca australià m Esperanto: eo aŭstraliano Galician: gl australiano m Irish: ga Astrálach m Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី Polish: pl Australijczyk m, pl Australijka f Telugu: te ఆస్ట్రేలియను Vietnamese: vi người châu Úc, vi người Úc châu dated Volapük: ♂♀ vo Stralopan, ♂ vo hi-Stralopan, ♀ vo ji-Stralopan Australian English Galician: gl inglés australiano m Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलियाई Icelandic: is áströlsk enska f Italian: it inglese australiano m Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី, km អូសេអានី, km ភាសាអង់គ្លេសអូស្ត្រាលី phiəsaa ʼɑngkleeh ʼoustraalii Polish: pl australijska odmiana języka angielskiego f Russian: ru австрали́йский англи́йский m Vietnamese: vi tiếng Úc Volapük: Australia (country) vo Laustralänapük, Australia (continent) vo Stralopapük, Australia (country) English vo Laustraläna-Linglänapük, Australian (country) English vo Linglänapük Laustralänik, Australia (continent) English vo Stralopa-Linglänapük, Australian (continent) English vo Linglänapük Stralopik Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages. en Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 2024-11-27 The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517164251/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 17 May 2026 en humorous US upside down. en Australian scrolling Google's name for a style of scrolling with a mousepad in which the flicking direction is inverted in comparison to the "standard" style Derived terms en Anglo-Australian anti-Australianism as Australian as Vegemite Asian Australian Auslan Australiana Australian Aboriginal Australian Alps Australian Approved Name Australian as a kangaroo Australian as a meat pie Australian ballot Australian bear Australian bluebell Australian bonito Australian boobook Australian brushturkey Australian bug Australian bumblebee Australian bush hat Australian canary Australian Capital Territory Australian cattle dog Australian Central Daylight Time Australian Central Standard Time Australian cockroach Australian crane (Antigone rubicunda species, syn. Grus rubicunda species) Australian crawl Australian crow Australian dollar Australian doubles Australian Dream Australian Eastern Daylight Time Australian Eastern Standard Time Australian emperor Australian encephalitis Australian English Australianese Australian flame tree Australian football Australian grayling Australian green tree frog Australianisation Australianise Australianism Australianist Australianization Australianize Australian kiss Australian Kriol Australian lime Australian lungfish Australianly Australian magpie Australian mahogany Australian millet Australian Mist Australian mockingbird Australian mulberry Australianness Australian ostrich Australian painted snipe Australian paralysis tick Australian pelican Australian Pidgin English Australian pied imperial pigeon Australian pitcher plant Australian plainhead Australian plague locust Australian plum Australian pratincole Australian prowfish Australian pull-up Australian raven Australian reed warbler Australian rhyming slang Australian rules Australian rules football Australian salmon Australian salute Australian Shepherd Australian Sign Language Australian soldier fly Australian spotted cuscus Australian studies Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Australian teak Australian teddy bear Australian tiger Australian warbler Australian water dragon Australian Western Standard Time Australian white ibis Australian willow Australian wood cockroach Australian X disease First Australian Great Australian Bight Indigenous Australian Australian finger lime new Australian South Australian un-Australian,unaustralian Westralian West Australian pitcher plant Western Australian Western Australian pitcher plant Translations of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages Afrikaans: af Australies Albanian: sq australian Amharic: am አውስትራሊያዊ Arabic: ar أُسْتُرَالِيّ, ar أُوسْتُرَالِيّ Armenian: hy ավստրալիական Asturian: ast australianu Azerbaijani: az avstraliya, az avstraliyalı Belarusian: be аўстралі́йскі Bengali: bn অস্ট্রেলিয়ান Bulgarian: bg австрали́йски Burmese: my ဩစတြေးလျ Catalan: ca australià Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 澳大利亞 澳大利亞的 Àodàlìyà de, cmn 澳 澳- Ào- Czech: cs australský Danish: da australsk Dutch: nl Australisch, nl Australische Esperanto: eo aŭstralia Estonian: et Austraalia, pertaining to the people et austraalia Finnish: fi australialainen French: fr australien Galician: gl australiano Georgian: ka ავსტრალიური German: de australisch Greek: el αυστραλιανός Hawaiian: haw ʻAukekulelia Hebrew: he אוֹסְטְרָלִי ostráli Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलियाई Hungarian: hu ausztrál Icelandic: is ástralskur Irish: ga Astrálach Italian: it australiano Japanese: ja オーストラリア Ōsutoraria no オーストラリアの, ja 豪 豪- ごう-, Gō- Kazakh: kk аустралиялық, kk аустралия Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី Korean: ko 호주 ^호주-의, ko 오스트레일리아 ^오스트레일리아-의 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr awistralyayî Kyrgyz: ky австралиялык, ky австралия Lao: lo ອົດສະຕາລີ Macedonian: mk австралиски Maltese: mt Awstraljan l-Awstraljan m Manx: gv Austrailagh Marathi: mr ऑस्ट्रेलियन Mauritian Creole: mfe ostralien Norwegian: Bokmål: nb australsk Occitan: oc australian Pashto: ps استراليائي astraliāyí Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُسْتُرالِیایی, fa-ira اُسْتْرالِیایی Polish: pl australijski Portuguese: pt australiano Romanian: ro australian Russian: ru австрали́йский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ау̀стра̄лскӣ Latin: sh aùstrālskī Slovak: sk austrálsky Slovene: sl avstralski Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb awstralski Spanish: es australiano Swahili: sw waustralia Swedish: sv australiensisk, sv australisk Tajik: tg австралиягӣ Telugu: te ఆస్ట్రేలియను Thai: th ออสเตรเลีย Turkish: tr Avustralya, tr Avustralyalı Turkmen: tk awstraliýaly Ukrainian: uk австралі́йський Uyghur: ug ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك Uzbek: uz avstraliya, uz avstraliyalik Vietnamese: vi Úc, vi Úc Đại Lợi dated, vi Ô-xtrây-li-a Welsh: cy Awstralaidd Yiddish: yi אויסטראַליש Zhuang: za Audaliya, za Aucouh of or pertaining to the country of Australia Arabic: ar أُسْتُرَالِيّ Belarusian: be аўстралі́йскі Bulgarian: bg австрали́йски Catalan: ca australià Esperanto: eo aŭstralia Galician: gl australiano Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलियाई Irish: ga Astrálach Kazakh: kk аустралиялық, kk аустралия Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُسْتُرالِیایی, fa-ira اُسْتْرالِیایی Polish: pl australijski Romanian: ro australian Russian: ru австрали́йский Tajik: tg австралиягӣ Thai: th ออสเตรเลีย Turkmen: tk awstraliýaly Ukrainian: uk австралі́йський Vietnamese: vi Úc, vi Úc Đại Lợi dated, vi Ô-xtrây-li-a Volapük: vo Laustralänik of or pertaining to the continent of Australia Catalan: ca australià Esperanto: eo aŭstralia Galician: gl australiano Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलियाई Irish: ga Astrálach Polish: pl australijski Romanian: ro australian Russian: ru австрали́йский Vietnamese: vi châu Úc, vi Úc châu dated Volapük: vo Stralopik of or pertaining to a person (people) of the country of Australia Catalan: ca australià Galician: gl australiano Irish: ga Astrálach Polish: pl australijski Romanian: ro australian Russian: ru австрали́йский Volapük: ♂♀ vo Laustralänanik, ♂ vo hi-Laustralänanik, ♀ vo ji-Laustralänanik of or pertaining to a person (people) of the continent of Australia Catalan: ca australià Galician: gl australiano Irish: ga Astrálach Polish: pl australijski Romanian: ro australian Russian: ru австрали́йский Volapük: ♂♀ vo Stralopanik, ♂ vo hi-Stralopanik, ♀ vo ji-Stralopanik of or pertaining to a language (languages) of Australia (country or continent); Australian English Catalan: ca australià Galician: gl inglés australiano Polish: pl australijski Vietnamese: vi tiếng Úc Volapük: country vo Laustralänapükik, continent vo Stralopapükik, Australia (country) vo Laustraläna-Linglänapükik, Australia (continent) vo Stralopa-Linglänapükik Proper noun The Australian The Australian, an Australian newspaper. Related terms en Aussie<t:an Australian (person)><pos:colloquial> austral Australia Australiana See also en Strine colloquial the Australian language en antipodean Anagrams en aaailnrstu Saturnalia saturnalia en proper adjectives terms suffixed with -ian en Demonyms Nationalities Newspapers Australia Australian demonyms Basque Proper noun eu proper noun form eu Australia ine indef Finnish Pronunciation austra(:)lian Proper noun fi proper noun form fi Australia gen s fi Australian pääkaupunkiterritorio Australian Capital Territory