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Canberra

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

noun

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


Canberra British  
/ 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 Cultural  
  1. Capital of Australia, located in southeastern Australia.


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Bran Black, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia says it was pleasing that the government is prioritizing the development of AI policy, while establishing an AI Office in Canberra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

On 5 January, Fery retired injured in qualifying for a Challenger tournament in Canberra, on the lowest rung of the professional tour.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Rowland was just 20 and five months pregnant when she disappeared in February 1971 in Canberra.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

COP31 is being organised and chaired by Turkey but Bowen is steering the marathon talks under an unusual arrangement struck after Canberra and Ankara competed to host the world's most important climate summit.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 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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