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Australasia
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Australásia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en fr Australasie, en Charles de Brosses 1756 French scholar and politician 1 1, from the en la - for “south of Asia”.January 20, 2021 en Austral- Asia.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɒstɹəˈleɪʒə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Australasia.wav Southern England
en /ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/ AU
en eɪʒə 4
Proper noun
en Oceania: en Oceania Q538.
en Q45256en continental region cont/Oceania consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring Melanesian islands.
en Oceania
Usage notes
This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use. It has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania.
Derived terms
en Australasian adj, en A'asia
Translations
Oceania
Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands
Arabic: ar أسترالاسيا f astrālāsiyā
Belarusian: be Аўстрала́зія f
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏍᏔᎴᏏᎠ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 澳大拉西亞 Àodàlāxīyà
Danish: da Australasien p
Dutch: nl Australazië n
Esperanto: eo Aŭstralazio
Estonian: et Australaasia
Finnish: fi Australaasia
French: fr Australasie f
German: de Australasien n
Greek: el Αυστραλασία f
Ido: io Australazia
Irish: ga Astraláise f
Japanese: ja オーストララシア Ōsutorarashia
Korean: ko ^오스트랄라시아
Lao: lo ອົດສະຕາອາຊີ
Latin: la Australasia f
Norman: nrf Australâsie f
Polish: pl Australazja f
Portuguese: pt Australásia f
Russian: ru Австрала́зия f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Australazija f
Spanish: es Australasia f
Ukrainian: uk Австралоа́зія f, uk Австрала́зія f
References
Latin
Etymology
Likely borrowed from la en Australasia, la pt Australásia f, or la es Australasia f, or directly from la fr Australasie f. la austrālis southern Ā̆sia Asia.
Pronunciation
australā̆sia
Proper noun
Australasia<1>
la New Latin la Australasia Q45256
Declension
Australasia<1>
Derived terms
la australasicus
Descendants
mul Tenodera australasiae species
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es Australasia Q45256