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Australiana
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australiana
English
Etymology 1
From en Australia ana.
Pronunciation
en /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/ /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈɑnə/ /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈeɪnə/
en EN-AU ck1 Australiana.ogg AU
en Aus tral ia na
en ɑːnə 5
Noun
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All things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
en Alana Schetzer Australiana 2.0: how cultural cringe became cool The Guardian 2018-06-01 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/02/australiana-20-how-cultural-cringe-became-cool 0261-3077 In the midst of Expo ’88 mania, everyone sported clothing emblazoned with splashy images of Sydney Harbour Bridge, koalas and Australiana chic. It was bold, brash and people couldn’t get enough of it.
Etymology 2
Alteration of en Australian to make it look Italian (it australiana is indeed an Italian word).
Noun
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en AU A pizza topped with bacon and pineapple (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.
2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.
en Loose lips 2004 21 Our town was chilli crazy — the Italian restaurant now served chilli-garlic bread, the Australiana Pizza at Nico's now featured chilli as one of its toppings and at the Rotary Fete, savoury chilli biscuits outnumbered sponge cakes three to one.
Translations
things relating to Australia
Samoan: sm uiga fa'a-Ausetalia, sm Ausetaliana
Tongan: to to’onga ‘Aositelēlia
en terms suffixed with -iana
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Australia ess s