Can·ber·ra

(kăn′bər-ə, -bĕr′ə)

The capital of Australia, in the southeast part of the country. Settled in 1824, it replaced Melbourne as the capital in 1927.

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Canberra

(ˈkænbərə; -brə)

(Placename) the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)

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Can•ber•ra

(ˈkæn bɛr ə, -bər ə)

n.

the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory. 310,000 (with suburbs).

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Noun

Canberra - the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia

Australian capital, capital of Australia

Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

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Canberra

Канберра

Canberra

[ˈkænbərə] N → Canberra f

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Canberra

[ˈkænbərə] n → Canberra

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Most Australians have some awareness of Walter Burley Griffin, the Chicago architect whose design won the international competition for Canberra. Scrivener's name has some resonance, courtesy of the dam bearing his name that now holds back Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.

Terry Birtles. Charles Robert Scrivener: The Surveyor Who Sited Australia's National Capital Twice

Canberra, Australia, August 24, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Canberra chiropractor Murray Fisher is pleased to announce that his family practice has changed spaces.

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Canberra, Ramadan 27, 1434, Aug 5, 2013, SPA -- Saudi ambassador to Australia Nabil bin Mohammed Al Saleh held this evening a Ramadan Iftar (breakfasting) meal at the Embassy's premises in Canberra to mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Saudi ambassador to Australia holds Ramadan Iftar meal

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His work is held in many private collections, as well as in institutional, corporate and public collections including the Ito Museum, Hyogo; the Kyoto University of Arts and the Japanese Embassy in Canberra, Australia.

Ryozo Shibata in Canberra: Ian Hodgson relates the experience of a faculty exchange

Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 275pp, ISBN 9781922059864 (pbk)

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Canberra: The Oman national football team continued their buildup for the Asian Cup with rigorous training sessions here on Wednesday in the presence of Oman Football Association (OFA) chairman Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi.

Oman's buildup for Asian Cup football tournament continues

Namadgi is an Elan Impression 444 launched in June 2011, and is the latest edition to the Canberra Ocean Racing Club fleet.

Namadgi

CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian lawyer has set a world record by stringing up almost 1.2 million Christmas lights in the center of the national capital.

1.2 million Australian Christmas lights set a record

RAF Canberra Units of the Cold War considers the RAF's first jet bomber and Britain's longest-lasting jet plane, with nearly sixty years since its prototype's first flight.

RAF Canberra Units of the Cold War