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Australian

[aw-streyl-yuhn]

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.



noun

  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.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • anti-Australian adjective
  • pro-Australian adjective
  • pseudo-Australian adjective
  • trans-Australian adjective
  • un-Australian adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Australian1

First recorded in 1690–70 Australian for def. 5; Australi(a) + -an
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The players both had birdies when they first replayed the 18th, Kim knocking in a 30-yard chip, before the Australian holed a 12-foot eagle putt to take the title when they played it again.

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Adrian Burragubba and his family argue that the mine is threatening their sacred water source, and that their rights, culture and connection to "country", as Indigenous Australians term their ancestral homeland, are being ignored.

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Open last September and the Australian Open in January, before his heartbreaking defeat in Paris after wasting a two-set lead.

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The judge cited a June 8 incident at a demonstration downtown where an Australian reporter named Lauren Tomasi was wrapping up a report on live TV, dozens of feet away from a line of officers.

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Australian Open champion Madison Keys has spoken about how therapy helped her gain perspective.

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