Australia

Austrália Austràlia australia australià English thumb|240px|Flag of Australia Australia satellite plane.jpg Satellite image of Australia (en island) Alternative forms en Straya 'Straya informal Etymology en :af la:austrālis -ia :influence la:terra austrālis incōgnita<ety:af<terra><austrālis><incōgnita<ety:from<incognitus>>>> 1 en ine-pro *h₂ews- dawn First attested 16th century, from en la terra austrālis incōgnita unknown southern land, from la auster the south wind. Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below). en Austral- -ia. Distantly cognate to en Austria, containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, but through German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”. See also Terra Australis. Pronunciation en /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/ /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Australia.wav UK en /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/ /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/ RP,dated en /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/ /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/ AU,Macquarie Dictionary en /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/ /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/ /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/ /-ɹɛl-/ /-ɹe.jə/ AU en en-au-Australia.ogg AU en /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/ Tasmanian en /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/ /ɔˈstɹeɪl.i.ə/ GA,non-cot-caught en en-us-Australia.ogg US,non-cot-caught en /ɑˈstɹɛl.i.ə/ /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/ /-ɹeɪl-/ GA,cot-caught en En-Australia.oga US,cot-caught en Aus tra lia Aus tral ia en eɪliə 4 Proper noun en islanden island cont/Oceania. 1693: translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of 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, 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. en Q408en A <<country>> consisting of a main <<island>>, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in <<cont/Oceania>> ; historically, a collection of <<former colonies>> of the <<emp/British Empire>> Canberra Commonwealth of Australia. en Aussie<qq:uncommon, colloquial> Aussieland<qq:colloquial> land down under New Holland<qq:historical> Oz<qq:colloquial> Terra Australis<qq:historical> Upsidedownland<qq:colloquial> Stralia<qq:colloquial> Straya<qq:colloquial> en Antipodes en Emily Smith ‘Movember’ gets hairy, for a cause w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/living/movember-mustaches 2011-11-01 During Movember (the month formerly known as November), men around the globe grow mustaches (hence the name) while raising money for men’s health issues. Movember started in Australia in 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20260518002412/https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/living/movember-mustaches 18 May 2026 en Riley Cedar Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii w:Military Times https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/05/30/soldiers-wife-deported-to-australia-after-detainment-in-hawaii/ 2025-05-30 The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21. https://web.archive.org/web/20260909055522/https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/05/30/soldiers-wife-deported-to-australia-after-detainment-in-hawaii/ 9 September 2026 en Q3960en geology en continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands. en He is going to Australia for his honeymoon for 10 days. en Meganesia Sahul Oceania<qq:inclusive of other islands> Derived terms en Aussie Australasia Australia antigen Australia Day Australia Felix Australia Tax Australian Australianism Australophobe Australorp Central Australia Commonwealth of Australia Eastralia North Australia Order of Australia South Australia the Massachusetts of Australia Western Australia Westralia Related terms en Austria Austrasia Descendants chr ᎡᎳᏗᏝ 1 haw ʻAukekulelia 1 ja オーストラリア 1 Ōsutoraria mi Ahitereiria 1 tkl Auhitalia 1 uli Awstraliya 1 Translations Q408 Commonwealth of Australia Abkhaz: ab Австралиа Acehnese: ace Australia Afrikaans: af Australië Albanian: sq Australi f Alekano: gah Australeliaka Amharic: am አውስትራልያ Arabic: ar أُسْتُرَالِيَا f Hijazi Arabic: acw أستراليا f ʔustrālya Moroccan Arabic: ary ؤسطراليا f Aragonese: an Australia f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܘܼܣܛܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ f usṭraliya, aii ܐܘܼܣܬܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ Armenian: hy Ավստրալիա Assamese: as অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া Asturian: ast Australia f Azerbaijani: az Avstraliya Balinese: ban Ostrali Bashkir: ba Австралия Basque: eu Australia Belarusian: be Аўстра́лія f Bengali: bn অস্ট্রেলিয়া Bislama: bi Ostrelia Breton: br Aostralia Bulgarian: bg Австра́лия f Burmese: my ဩစတြေးလျ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Австра́лія f Catalan: ca Austràlia f Chamorro: ch Ostereilia Chechen: ce Австрали Cherokee: chr ᎡᎳᏗᏝ, chr ᎡᎳᏗᏜ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 澳大利亞, yue 澳洲 Eastern Min: cdo 澳大利亞, cdo 澳洲 Hakka: hak 澳大利亞 O-thai-li-â / O-thai-li-á, hak 澳洲 O-chû Hokkien: nan-hbl 澳大利亞 Ò-tāi-lī-a, nan-hbl 澳洲 Ò-chiu Mandarin: cmn 澳大利亞, cmn 澳洲 Wu: wuu 澳大利亞, wuu 澳洲 Chuvash: cv Австрали Cornish: kw Ostrali Corsican: co Australia f Crimean Tatar: crh Avstraliya Czech: cs Austrálie f Danish: da Australien n Dhivehi: dv އޮސްޓަރުލިޔާ Dinka: din Authërelia, din Australia Dutch: nl Australië n Dzongkha: dz ཨས་ཊེཡེ་ལི་ཡ Esperanto: eo Aŭstralio Estonian: et Austraalia Faroese: fo Avstralia n Fijian: fj Ositerelia Fiji Hindi: hif Australia Finnish: fi Australia French: fr Australie f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Austraalje n Galician: gl Australia f Gamilaraay: kld Yarraanbaa Georgian: ka ავსტრალია German: de Australien n Alemannic German: gsw Australien Bavarian: bar Australien Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Auschdralie Greek: el Αυστραλία f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Autarália Gujarati: gu ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા Hausa: ha Ostareliya Hawaiian: haw ʻAukekulelia, haw Nuhōlani possibly dated Hebrew: he אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה f ostrálya Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलिया m, hi आस्ट्रेलिया m, hi ओस्ट्रेलिया m Hungarian: hu Ausztrália Hunsrik: hrx Australje n Icelandic: is Ástralía f Indonesian: id Australia Ingrian: izh Australia Interlingua: ia Australia Inuktitut: iu ᐊᔅᑦᕌᓕᐊ Irish: ga Astráil f Italian: it Australia f Japanese: ja オーストラリア Ōsutoraria (also written: ja 濠太剌利 Ōsutoraria), rare ja 濠洲 ごうしゅう, Gōshū, ja 豪州 ごうしゅう, Gōshū, abbreviation ja 濠 ごう, Gō, ja 豪 ごう, Gō Kala Lagaw Ya: mwp Koey Daudai Kalenjin: kln Australia Kamba: kam Australia Kannada: kn ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೆಲಿಯ, kn ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ Karachay-Balkar: krc Австралия Kazakh: kk Аустралия Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី Kikuyu: ki Australia Korean: ko ^호주(濠洲) the most common, ko ^오스트레일리아 formal or international context, ko ^오스트랄리아 standard and common in North Korea and China Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئوسترالیا Northern Kurdish: kmr Awistralya, kmr Australya, kmr Awustralya, kmr Ewistralya, kmr Ewustralya, kmr Ostralya, kmr Ustralya Kyrgyz: ky Австралия Lao: lo ອົດສະຕາລີ, lo ອົສຕາລີ, lo ອົດສະຕຣາລີ Latin: la Australia f Latvian: lv Austrālija f Lithuanian: lt Australija f Luhya: luy Australia Luo: luo Australia Macedonian: mk Австралија f Malagasy: mg Aostralia Malay: ms Australia Malayalam: ml ആസ്ട്രേലിയ, ml ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ Maltese: mt Awstralja f Manx: gv Austrail f Yn Austrail Māori: mi Ahitereiria, mi Te Pāpaka-a-Māui, mi Te Whenua Moemoeā Marathi: mr ऑस्ट्रेलिया, mr ओस्ट्रेलिया Marshallese: mh Aujtōrōlia Mauritian Creole: mfe Lostrali, mfe Ostrali Meriam: ulk Keo Daudai Moksha: mdf Австралие Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Австрали, mn Австрали улс, Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠦ᠋ᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠠᠯᠢ Nahuatl: nah Australia Nauruan: na Otereiriya Navajo: nv Nahatʼeʼiitsoh bikéyah Nepali: ne अस्ट्रेलिया Niuean: niu Ausetalia Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Ostrielya Norman: nrf Australie f, nrf Âostralie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Australia n Nynorsk: nn Australia n Occitan: oc Austràlia f Odia: or ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ Okinawan: ryu オーストラリア Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Аѵстралїꙗ f modern Ossetian: os Австрали Pashto: ps اسټراليا f asṭrālyā, ps آستراليا f āstrālyā, ps استراليا f astrālyā Persian: Dari: prs آسْتْرَالِیَا, prs آسْتْرَلِیَا, prs آسْتْریلِیَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُسْتُرالِیا, fa-ira اُسْتْرالِیا Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Ostrielya Plautdietsch: pdt Australien n Polish: pl Australia f Portuguese: pt Austrália f Pukapukan: pkp Oteleilia Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਅਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ m, pa ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ m Western Punjabi: pnb آسٹریلیا āsṫreliya Rarotongan: rar ʻAutirēria Romanian: ro Australia f Russian: ru Австра́лия f Samoan: sm Ausetalia Sanskrit: sa महालङ्का Sardinian: sc Austràlia f Scots: sco Australie, sco Austrailie Scottish Gaelic: gd Astràilia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ау̀стра̄лија f Latin: sh Aùstrālija f Shan: shn ဢေႃႇၸတြေးလီးယိူဝ်း Sindhi: sd آسٽريليا Sinhalese: si ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව Slavomolisano: svm Lauštralija f Slovak: sk Austrália f Slovene: sl Avstrálija f Somali: so Ustraleeya Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Awstralska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Awstralska f Spanish: es Australia f Swahili: sw Australia Swedish: sv Australien n Tagalog: tl Australia, tl Australya, tl Awstralya Tahitian: ty Autereraria, ty Auterāria Tajik: tg Австралия Tamil: ta அவுஸ்திரேலியா, ta ஆஸ்திரேலியா, ta ஆத்திரேலியா Tatar: tt Австралия Telugu: te ఆస్ట్రేలియా Thai: th ออสเตรเลีย Tibetan: bo ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ Tigrinya: ti ኣውስትራሊያ, ti ኣውስትራልያ Tok Pisin: tpi Ostrelia Tongan: to ʻAositelēlia Torres Strait Creole: tcs Ostrelia Turkish: tr Avustralya Turkmen: tk Awstraliýa Ukrainian: uk Австра́лія f Ulithian: uli Awstraliya Urdu: ur آسْٹْریلِیا m Uyghur: ug ئاۋسترالىيە Uzbek: uz Avstraliya Veps: vep Avstralii Vietnamese: vi Úc (vi 澳), vi Úc Đại Lợi (vi 澳大利), vi Châu Úc (vi 洲澳), vi Úc Châu (vi 澳洲), vi Ô-xtrây-li-a, vi nước Úc, vi Australia Volapük: vo Laustralän Walloon: wa Ostraleye Welsh: cy Awstralia Wolof: wo Óstraali Yakut: sah Аустралия Yiddish: yi אויסטראַליע f, yi אַווסטראַליע f Yoruba: yo Ọsirélíà Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Awıstralya Zhuang: za Audaliya, za Aucouh Zulu: zu i-Ostreliya Q3960 continent of Australia Afrikaans: af Australië Arabic: ar أُسْتُرَالِيَا f, ar أُوسْتُرَالِيَا f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܘܼܣܛܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ f usṭraliya Armenian: hy Ավստրալիա Assamese: as অষ্ট্ৰেলিয়া Belarusian: be Аўстра́лія f Bengali: bn অস্ট্রেলিয়া Bulgarian: bg Австралия f Burmese: my ဩစတြေးလျ Catalan: ca Austràlia f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 澳大利亞, yue 澳洲 Hokkien: nan-hbl 澳大利亞 Ò-tāi-lī-a, nan-hbl 澳洲 Ò-chiu Mandarin: cmn 澳大利亞, cmn 澳洲 Czech: cs Austrálie f Danish: da Australien Dinka: din Dutch: nl Australië Estonian: et Austraalia Finnish: fi Australia, fi Australian manner French: fr Australie f Galician: gl Australia f Gamilaraay: kld Yarraanbaa Georgian: ka ავსტრალია German: de Australien Hawaiian: haw ʻAukekulelia Hebrew: he אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה f ostrálya Hindi: hi ऑस्ट्रेलिया m, hi आस्ट्रेलिया m, hi ओस्ट्रेलिया m Hungarian: hu Ausztrália Icelandic: is Ástralía f Ingrian: izh Australia Irish: ga Astráil f An Astráil Japanese: ja オーストラリア Ōsutoraria (also written: ja 濠太剌利 Ōsutoraria), rare ja 濠洲 ごうしゅう, Gōshū, ja 豪州 ごうしゅう, Gōshū, abbreviation ja 濠 ごう, Gō, ja 豪 ごう, Gō, ja オーストラリア大陸 オーストラリアたいりく, Ōsutoraria tairiku Khmer: km អូស្ត្រាលី Korean: ko ^호주(濠洲) the most common, ko ^오스트레일리아 formal or international context, ko ^오스트랄리아 standard and common in North Korea Latvian: lv Austrālija f Lithuanian: lt Australija f Macedonian: mk Австралија f Malay: ms Australia Manx: gv Austrail f Yn Austrail Marshallese: mh Aujtōrōlia Mauritian Creole: mfe Lostrali, mfe Ostrali Moore: mos wostrali Norman: nrf Australie f, nrf Âostralie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Australia n Nynorsk: nn Australia n Occitan: oc Austràlia f Pashto: ps اسټراليا f asṭrālyā, ps آستراليا f āstrālyā, ps استراليا f astrālyā Persian: Dari: prs آسْتْرَالِیَا, prs آسْتْرَلِیَا, prs آسْتْریلِیَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُسْتُرالِیا, fa-ira اُسْتْرالِیا Plautdietsch: pdt Australien n Polish: pl Australia f Portuguese: pt Austrália f Romanian: ro Australia f Russian: ru Австра́лия f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ау̀стра̄лија f Latin: sh Aùstrālija f Slovak: sk Austrália f Slovene: sl Avstrálija f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Awstralija f Spanish: es Australia f Swedish: sv Australien n, sv Ulimaroa n obsolete Tamil: ta அவுஸ்திரேலியா, ta ஆஸ்திரேலியா Telugu: te ఆస్ట్రేలియా Thai: th ออสเตรเลีย Turkish: tr Avustralya Ulithian: uli Awstraliya Urdu: ur آسْٹْریلِیا m Uyghur: ug ئاۋسترالىيە Vietnamese: vi Châu Úc (vi 洲澳), vi Úc Châu (vi 澳洲), vi Úc (vi 澳) Volapük: vo Stralop Yiddish: yi אַווסטראַליע n Ido: io Australia See also en AU en Aust Countries of the world Further reading Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia. en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Albanian Proper noun f sq Australi definite nom Asturian ast: Etymology ast :bor en:Australia ast en Australia. Proper noun f ast Australia Q408,Q3960 Derived terms ast australianu Basque eu: Etymology eu :bor es:Australia + 1 Pronunciation eu LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Australia.wav Proper noun in eu Australia Q408,Q3960 Declension in.pr Derived terms eu australiar<t:Australian> Further reading 38 Central Huasteca Nahuatl Etymology nch :bor es:Australia nch es Australia. Proper noun nch proper noun nch Australia Q408,Q3960 Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor es:Australia nhn es Australia. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Australia Q408,Q3960 Finnish Alternative forms fi Austraalia rare Etymology fi :bor en:Australia fi en Australia. Pronunciation austra(:)lia long vowel more common fi-Australia.ogg Proper noun fi Australia Q408,Q3960 Declension sg Australi a internal Australia Australiassa Derived terms fi australialainen fi compounds australianbandogge australiandoggilepakko australianenglanti australianhylje australiankarjakoira australiankelpie australiankurki australianlenkko australianmerileijona australiannuolihaukka australianpaimenkoira australianpyhäiibis australianpähkinä australiansarvihai australiansotka australiansuomalainen australiansuorotta australianterrieri australiantuulihaukka australianvalevampyyri australianvesirotta Etelä-Australia Länsi-Australia Related terms fi australialainen fi australialaisuus Galician gl: Alternative forms gl Austrália reintegrationist Etymology gl :bor en:Australia + 1 Proper noun f gl Australia Q408,Q3960 Related terms gl australiano Greenlandic Etymology kl :bor en:Australia kl en Australia (cognate with kl da Australien). Noun kl noun kl Australia Q408,Q3960 Ido Etymology io :der en:Australia From io en Australia. Proper noun io proper noun io Australia Q408,Q3960 See also Indonesian id: Etymology id :bor en:Australië id en Australië. Pronunciation id [aus.tra.li.ja] id Aus tra lia Proper noun id proper noun id Australia Q408,Q3960 id Rey menjalankan SMA-nya di Australia. Rey attends high school in Australia. Ingrian Alternative forms izh Avstralia Etymology izh :bor ru:Австра́лия izh ru Австра́лия. Pronunciation Proper noun izh proper noun izh country cont/Oceania Australia Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada. England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada. 123 izh continent Australia Voimakkaammat kapitalisticeskoit maat ottiit Afrikast, Amerikast, Australiast ja Aaziast ettäiset rikkaat maat. The strongest capitalistic countries took the faraway rich countries from Africa, America, Australia and Asia. 122 Declension li li Interlingua Etymology ia :der en:Australia From ia en Australia. Proper noun ia proper noun ia Australia Q408,Q3960 Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:Australia it en Australia. Pronunciation A.us.tràlia<r:DiPI> Proper noun f it Australia Q408,Q3960 Derived terms it australiano Descendants svm Lauštralija 1 1 References Anagrams it aaailrstu saltuaria Latin Etymology From la austrālis southern + a latinization of Ancient Greek grc -ία. Pronunciation Austrālia Proper noun Austrālia<1> la New Latin la Australia Q408,Q3960 Declension Austrālia<1> Derived terms la austrāliēnsis, la austrāliānus Malay ms: Etymology ms :bor en:Australia ms en Australia. Pronunciation Aus.tralia Baku ms /ɔsˈtreliə/ [ɔsˈt̪re(ɪ).li.ə] ~ [-li.a] SV ms iə ə 4 ms Aus tra lia Proper noun ms Australia Q408,Q3960 Norwegian Bokmål no: Etymology nb :bor en:Australia nb en Australia. Pronunciation nb /æʉstɾɑːljɑ/ [æʉstɾɑːlɪɑ] [æʉstʁɑːlɪɑ] [æʉstrɑːlɪɑ] Proper noun nb proper noun nb Australia Q408,Q3960 Related terms nb australier nb australsk See also Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor en:Australia nn en Australia. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Australia Q408,Q3960 Related terms nn australiar nn australsk Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Australia + 1 Pronunciation Pl-Australia.ogg Proper noun f australijski pl Australia Q408,Q3960 Declension s Derived terms pl adjective wewnątrzaustralijski pl nouns Australijczyk Australijka See also Further reading Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Australia + 1 Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Australia.wav Proper noun f ro Australia Q408,Q3960 Declension Australi sg See also Sicilian scn: Etymology scn :bor en:Australia scn en Australia. Proper noun scn proper noun f scn Australia Q408,Q3960 See also Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Australia + 1 Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Australia.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Australia Q408,Q3960 Derived terms es Australia Meridional es Australia Occidental es australiano, es australiana Swahili sw: Etymology sw :bor en:Australia + 1 Proper noun sw proper noun sw Australia Q408,Q3960 See also