Australian
adjective/ɒˈstreɪliən/
/ɔːˈstreɪliən/
- of or connected with AustraliaOxford Collocations DictionaryAustralian is used with these nouns:
- bush
- continent
Word Originfrom French australien, from Latin australis in the phrase Terra Australis ‘the southern land’, the name of the supposed southern continent.Want to learn more?
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