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• Australian
  Australian

  adjective

  of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
• australian
  australian

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Australia

Australian

American  

[aw-streyl-yuhn] / ɔˈstreɪl jən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.

2. Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.

3. Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.

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noun

• Australians
  plural

1. a native or inhabitant of Australia.

2. an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

3. Also called Australian Aboriginal languages.  the group of languages of the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of about three hundred languages. Austral, Austral.

australian British  

/ ɒˈstreɪlɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Australia

2. the form of English spoken in Australia

3. a linguistic phylum consisting of the languages spoken by the native Australians

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Australia, the Australians, or their form of English

2. of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum of languages spoken by the native Australians

3. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• anti-Australian
  adjective
• pro-Australian
  adjective
• pseudo-Australian
  adjective
• trans-Australian
  adjective
• un-Australian
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Australians
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Australian

First recorded in 1690–70 Australian for def. 5; Australi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Australian punter Jack Bouwmeester has an international player exemption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

It has a buy rating and target price of 6.45 Australian dollars a share on Kingsgate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Nepal's flood disaster posed an unprecedented challenge, Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix said Monday, with multiple search operations underway in Himalayan hydropower tunnels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Reigning Australian Open champion Rybakina opened up a double break over Osaka, before sealing the set in just 21 minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The voice, an unfamiliar mixture of Australian and Dutch inflections, came from the tall and thin but muscular man now walking toward me in khaki shorts and a Bahama shirt.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

I'm watching the men's high jump and theres an australian athlete called Brandon Starc.

From Time ● Aug. 15, 2016

Even the australian open website's scoreboard is down.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2010

Cant sleep so im loving the australian open coverage.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2010

For more information visit www.ferrarapan.com As any australian diplomat will admit, managing the bilateral relationship with China is a relentless, high- energy task.

From Time Magazine Archive

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have hunted these majestic animals for food.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The number of Australians missing stood at 42 on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Remember less than 4% of Australians are deficient in vitamin C.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Great Britain gave him the international recognition denied to him by Wales, and he rewarded the selectors by racking up the tries, particularly against the Australians who would bear the brunt of his scoring ability.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In contrast to everything that I just said about Native Australians, most New Guineans, such as Yali’s people, were farmers and swineherds.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond