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Canberra

[ kan-ber-uh, -ber-uh ]

noun

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


Canberra

/ ˈkænbərə; -brə /

noun

  1. the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 309 799 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Canberra

  1. Capital of Australia , located in southeastern Australia.


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Example Sentences

In the other corner was News Corp, a major media empire run by the titan Rupert Murdoch, with the backing of Canberra’s political establishment.

From Quartz

Mark Krumholz, an astronomer at the Australian National University in Canberra, calls the idea “a plausible explanation.”

The actions of Australia trade partners—South Korea, Japan and China, which pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060 last month—will force Canberra to plan for a less carbon-intensive future whether it wants to or not.

From Fortune

Canberra’s push against perceived interference from China soon targeted technology.

From Fortune

In 2015, Evans was visiting the Australian National University in Canberra.

Some hint of this came at a news conference in Canberra in June.

The couple will leave George in Canberra to travel to Uluru, or Ayers Rock, in the Outback.

Australian couple David and Janean Richards used 502,165 lights on their Canberra house.

Join us for a whole raft of critically acclaimed American films at the Canberra International Film Festival!

Musharraf nominated Shah to be ambassador to Australia, but Canberra said no thanks.

The harbour, at the foot of the college playing-fields, is to be the port of entrance to the federal territory of Canberra.

She's only been here for three months—since the Canberra got in from Niflheim.

His year was up after the second shot; he came to Uller on the Canberra.

His year was up after the second shot; he came to Ullr on the Canberra.

The importance of Canberra, however, is not to be judged from the present condition of the site.

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