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Australian

[ aw-streyl-yuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
  2. Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.
  3. Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Australia.
  2. an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
  3. Also called Aus·tral·ian Ab·o·rig·i·nal lan·gua·ges [aw-, streyl, -y, uh, n ab-, uh, -, rij, -, uh, -nl , lang, -gwij-iz]. the group of languages of the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of about three hundred languages. : Austral, Austral.
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Other Word Forms

  • ·پ-ܲ·ٰ· adjective noun
  • -ܲ·ٰ· adjective noun
  • ·-ܲ·ٰ· adjective noun
  • ٰԲ-ܲ·ٰ· adjective
  • ܲ-ܲ·ٰ· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Australian1

First recorded in 1690–70 Australian fordef 5; Australi(a) + -an
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Example Sentences

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"I remember before the Australian Open this year, I was not in a very happy moment because there was still that case of doping," Sinner told Italian broadcaster RAI.

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An Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, but will argue the "tragedy" was a "terrible accident".

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Some Australian exports of certain goods to China fell to nearly zero.

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Indigenous Australians, who represent about 3.8% of the nation's 26 million population, are by most socio-economic measures the most disadvantaged people in the country - something successive leaders have for years called a "national shame".

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Australian Piastri came into this season setting himself a target of accessing them much more consistently.

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