Canberra

American

[kan-ber-uh, -ber-uh] / ˈkæn bɛr ə, -bər ə /

noun

a city in and the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory.

Canberra British

/ ˈkænbərə, -brə /

noun

the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 309 799 (2001)

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Canberra Cultural

Capital of Australia, located in southeastern Australia.

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Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Friday that Canberra was seeking "the maintenance of the global rules-based order" in the region.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Vigils will also be held in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart, as well as many other smaller towns.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Last year Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries won a landmark order from the Australian navy -- Takaichi was in Canberra this week -- to supply 11 warships.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

"Gas plays a role in all our discussions because it fundamentally underpins the shared energy security between our countries," Foreign Minister Penny Wong told journalists in Canberra before the talks.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In this sense the place was like modern purpose-built political capitals, such as Washington, D.C., or Canberra, Australia, with sanctifying civic monuments to compensate for a lack of real history.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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