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Australian
[ aw-streyl-yuhn ]
adjective
- of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.
- Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Australia.
- an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
- Also called Aus·tral·ian Ab·o·rig·i·nal lan·gua·ges [aw-, streyl, -y, uh, n ab-, uh, -, rij, -, uh, -nl , lang, -gwij-iz]. the group of languages of the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of about three hundred languages. : Austral, Austral.
Other Words From
- an·ti-Aus·tral·ian adjective noun
- pro-Aus·tral·ian adjective noun
- pseu·do-Aus·tral·ian adjective noun
- trans-Aus·tral·ian adjective
- un-Aus·tral·ian adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Australian1
Example Sentences
Fruit-forward and extroverted in the Australian style, it nonetheless is savory and earthy, revealing new layers as you get deeper into the bottle.
Years later, McLagan, an Australian native who now lives in Toronto, noticed that the squeamishness around cooking with blood persisted in Canada and the United States.
“When you hear lyrebirds, you hear this very loud, very lyrical, dramatic delivery of mimicry of lots of different species of Australian birds,” says Dalziell, of the University of Wollongong in Australia.
Depending on how it strikes its deals, Facebook could sign a few big agreements, make the case that it has met its requirements under the law, and avoid having to pay the rest of the Australian media a fee decided upon through arbitration.
It must host all Australian journalism on its network or carry none at all.
Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.
An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.
His sex-offender pedigree was real, though; Australian police have those certificates.
At that time, though, my job as a rep for an Australian company made it impossible to leave Australia.
The most astonishing came from Ron and Mavis Pirola, a middle-aged Australian couple who have been together for 57 years.
Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the Narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.
His paper commenced in March, 1803, in the 15th year of the colony, and was the first Australian periodical.
A very heavy Australian order for these last named was executed here in 1853, and there is always a small demand for them.
Entertained a small party of Australian officers as my private guests for 48 hours, my idea being to give them a bit of a rest.
I had known him well in Melbourne where he helped me more than anyone else to get the hang of the Australian system.
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