Australasia

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

/ ˌɔ strəˈleɪ ʒə, -ʃə /

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

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|DAILY BEAST
The great race of the day, the "Derby of Australasia," was run at 3.30.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
The harbor is one of the largest and best in New Zealand,—indeed, we may say in Australasia.
Under the Southern Cross|Maturin M. Ballou
Australasia, even, might become the ultimate aim of Japanese Imperialism and commercialism.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay

Tasmania now produces more tin than all the rest of Australasia.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
The general feeling of Australasia is not as cordial as one would wish to the United States for the moment.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for australasia

Australasia

/ (ˌɒstrəˈleɪzɪə) /

noun

Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean

(loosely) the whole of Oceania

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