Australia

[ aw-streyl-yuh ]

/ ɔˈstreɪl yə /

noun

a continent southeast of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km).

Commonwealth of Australia, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and territories of Australia and Tasmania. 2,974,581 sq. mi. (7,704,165 sq. km). Capital: Canberra.

Words nearby Australia

Austin friar, austr-, austral, Australasia, Australasian, Australia, Australia antigen, Australia Current, Australia Day, Australian, Australiana

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Example sentences from the Web for Australia

He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A variety of systems were in place across countries like the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Dwarf mistletoe is freaky, freaky, freaky stuff,” says David Watson, an ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Australia.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee.
The Sydney Astrologer Turned Islamic Radical|Jacob Siegel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.
In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing|Olivia Nuzzi|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a chasm between the consideration of letting Australia or letting India go, which is too wide to be bridged.
Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day|Alfred Farthing Robbins
We sailed with a fair wind, which carried us down the coast of Australia.
Dick Cheveley|W. H. G. Kingston
Extensive triangle chains, suitable for latitude-degree measurements, have also been effected in Japan and Australia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
Examples of this sort of communion are numerous in Australia.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
The light rainfall, high temperatures, and unfertilized soil will forever keep nine tenths of Australia under grass.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Australia

Australia

/ (ɒˈstreɪlɪə) /

noun

a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Australia

Australia

Nation occupying the whole of Australia, the smallest continent, between the Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney.

notes for Australia

The first settlements there were penal colonies for British convicts.

notes for Australia

Its aboriginal tribes, which still exist today (see aborigines), are thought to have migrated from Southeast Asia twenty thousand years ago.

单词	australia
释义	Australia [ aw-streyl-yuh ] / ɔˈstreɪl yə / noun a continent southeast of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). Commonwealth of Australia, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and territories of Australia and Tasmania. 2,974,581 sq. mi. (7,704,165 sq. km). Capital: Canberra. Words nearby Australia Austin friar, austr-, austral, Australasia, Australasian, Australia, Australia antigen, Australia Current, Australia Day, Australian, Australiana Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Australia He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding. Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting\|Ruben Navarrette Jr.\|January 6, 2015\|DAILY BEAST A variety of systems were in place across countries like the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea\|Rich Goldstein\|December 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST “Dwarf mistletoe is freaky, freaky, freaky stuff,” says David Watson, an ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants\|Helen Thompson\|December 21, 2014\|DAILY BEAST In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee. The Sydney Astrologer Turned Islamic Radical\|Jacob Siegel\|December 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area. In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing\|Olivia Nuzzi\|December 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST There is a chasm between the consideration of letting Australia or letting India go, which is too wide to be bridged. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day\|Alfred Farthing Robbins We sailed with a fair wind, which carried us down the coast of Australia. Dick Cheveley\|W. H. G. Kingston Extensive triangle chains, suitable for latitude-degree measurements, have also been effected in Japan and Australia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9\|Various Examples of this sort of communion are numerous in Australia. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life\|Emile Durkheim The light rainfall, high temperatures, and unfertilized soil will forever keep nine tenths of Australia under grass. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899\|Various British Dictionary definitions for Australia Australia / (ɒˈstreɪlɪə) / noun a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Australia Australia Nation occupying the whole of Australia, the smallest continent, between the Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. notes for Australia The first settlements there were penal colonies for British convicts. notes for Australia Its aboriginal tribes, which still exist today (see aborigines), are thought to have migrated from Southeast Asia twenty thousand years ago. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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