Australasia

[aw-struh-ley-zhuh, -shuh]

noun

Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.

Origin of Australasia

Austral(ia) + Asia

Related formsAus·tral·a·sian, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for australasia

Contemporary Examples of australasia

A point I made in my 2007 book Comeback: back in 1985, NATO plus Japan plus Australasia produced 50% of world GDP.
Is Decline Optional?
David Frum
February 16, 2012

Historical Examples of australasia

The deposits of Colombia and Australasia are placers of a similar character.
The Economic Aspect of Geology
C. K. Leith
It is remarkably successful in the warmer climates of Europe and of Australasia.
The Genus Pinus
George Russell Shaw
Both are natives of what may be termed the new world of Australasia.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found
Mayne Reid
I own I have a horror of Australasia—such a long sea-voyage!
What Will He Do With It, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I was in Australasia three months and a half, and saw only one Governor.
Following the Equator, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for australasia

Australasia

noun

Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
(loosely) the whole of Oceania

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