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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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The visitors chose not to send any of their XI from the first Test to play in an England Lions fixture against the Prime Minister's XI, a two-day pink-ball fixture in Canberra.

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The pair tied the knot in the capital, Canberra, on Saturday afternoon local time - the day after the final sitting of the parliamentary year.

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Tongue is one of three England players - alongside fellow seamer Matthew Potts and batter Jacob Bethell - who have been sent to play for England Lions against the Prime Minister's XI in Canberra this weekend.

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England were not scheduled to play in Canberra, but the swift conclusion to the first Test raised the prospect of more time in the middle and experience with the pink ball.

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Despite England having a much more mixed record, management opted against any of their main players being part of a two-day day-night clash against a Prime Minister's XI this weekend in Canberra.

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