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Definition of Australian adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Australian

adjective
 
/ɒˈstreɪliən/
 
/ɔːˈstreɪliən/
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  1. of or connected with Australia
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAustralian is used with these nouns:
    • bush
    • continent
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    Word Originfrom French australien, from Latin australis in the phrase Terra Australis ‘the southern land’, the name of the supposed southern continent.
See Australian in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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