Aus·tra·lia (ô-str l y )1. The world's smallest continent, southeast of Asia between the Pacific and Indian oceans. 2. A commonwealth comprising the continent of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, two external territories, and several dependencies. The first British settlement, a penal colony at Port Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 1788. The present-day states grew as separate colonies; six of them formed a federation in 1901. In 1911 Northern Territory joined the commonwealth and the Capital Territory, site of Canberra, was created. Canberra is the capital and Sydney is the largest city. Population: 20,400,000. |   |
Australia [ɒˈstreɪlɪə]
n
(Placename) 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.: 19 358 000 (2001 est.). Area: 7 682 300 sq. km (2 966 150 sq. miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  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 colonywalkabout - nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower lagerphone - an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground swag - a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman tucker-bag - a bag used for carrying food; "the swagman filled his tuckerbag" Aboriginal Australian, Australian - the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines plonk - a cheap wine of inferior quality British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations - an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown Australian capital, Canberra, capital of Australia - the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia Australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia Queensland - a state in northeastern Australia New South Wales - an Australian state in southeastern Australia Victoria - a state in southeastern Australia Tasmania - an Australian state on the island of Tasmania South Australia - a state in south central Australia Western Australia - a state containing the western third of Australia Northern Territory - a territory in north central Australia Norfolk Island - an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony Nullarbor Plain - a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center British Empire - a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand; "the sun never sets on the British Empire" Gibson Desert - a desert area in western Australia Great Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert Great Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain Simpson Desert - a desert region of central Australia Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea Eyre, Lake Eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent Eyre Peninsula - a peninsula of southern Australia Great Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia Carpentaria, Gulf of Carpentaria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia Murray River, Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River - a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River Namoi, Namoi River - a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River Aussie, Australian - a native or inhabitant of Australia |
| 2. | Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean eastern hemisphere, orient - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia southern hemisphere - the hemisphere to the south of the equator 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 Tasmania - an island off the southeastern coast of Australia Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert - general name given to all desert areas in Australia Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea Darling River, Darling - an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River Eyre, Lake Eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent Eyre Peninsula - a peninsula of southern Australia Great Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia Moreton Bay - an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane Murray River, Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River - a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River |
Translations
Australia
n → Australien nt
Australia [ɒsˈtreɪlɪə] n → l'Australia
Australia [ɒsˈtreɪlɪə] n → l'Australia
Australia [ɒsˈtreɪlɪə] n → l'Australia
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