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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.

Example Sentences

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The former prince also visited the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Later on Wednesday, the Duke will be in the capital, Canberra.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

He met Queen Elizabeth II and his image was hung in the hallowed halls of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The final text of the free trade deal was agreed to this week during a leaders’ meeting in Canberra, Australia’s capital, between von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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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