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

Australian

noun

/ɒˈstreɪliən/

/ɔːˈstreɪliən/

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a person from Australia
Word Originfrom French australien, from Latin australis in the phrase Terra Australis ‘the southern land’, the name of the supposed southern continent.

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