Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Australia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- adjective Of or relating to the Australasian biogeographic region.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Australia.
- noun A member of any of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
- noun Any of the languages of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Australia, a large island, often classed as a continent, south of Asia.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Australia; specifically, a member of the aboriginal race of Australia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Australia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person from the
country ofAustralia or of Australian descent. - noun A person from the
continent of Australia. - noun A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (
Australian English ). - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Australia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
- noun the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines
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Examples
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MICK RYAN, AUSTRALIAN COMMANDER: My reaction to that threat is the Australian soldiers are here to help the people (INAUDIBLE).
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JOHN HOWARD, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER: On behalf, I now, and the great majority of the Australian people, I express very strong support for the action initiated by the Americans and supported by British forces.
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JOHN HOWARD, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER: The Australian people are very tough.
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The decision followed an objection to the application that argued The Australian Party could easily be mistaken or confused for a number of existing parties that use the word Australian in their name.
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The decision followed an objection to the application that argued The Australian Party could easily be mistaken or confused for a number of existing parties that use the word Australian in their name.
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Tuesday to the Australian High Commissioner, Philip Green, condemning what it calls the Australian government's undermining of workers 'interests.
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He always wore a three-piece suit; Shirl, his wife, had always insisted that he should camouflage what she called his Australian belly.
Autumn Maze Cleary, Jon, 1917- 1994
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Navy officers serving in the Middle East were kitted out with the uniforms with the badge carrying an extra "L" in the word Australian, Seven News reported.
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It contested that the word 'Australian' in the party's name would cause confusion with other political parties, but this was rejected.
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"I painted mine in what I called Australian desert colours, so when it got cold during the winter you were at least visually warm."
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alexz commented on the word Australian
came across an article which shows the aboriginal language map. http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.ca/2013/08/indigenous-languages-of-australia.html
September 1, 2013