Australasia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɒstɹəˈleɪʒə/ (UK)
- /ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/ (Australia)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”. By surface analysis, Austral- + Asia.
Meanings
- Synonym of Oceania: Oceania ({{place|en|A <> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia).
- A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring Melanesian islands.
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Translations (26)
sh Australazija (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · et Australaasia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · uk Австрала́зія (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · uk Австралоа́зія (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · da Australasien (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · ar أسترالاسيا (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · nl Australazië (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · lo ອົດສະຕາອາຊີ (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · ga Astraláise (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · pl Australazja (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · fi Australaasia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · es Australasia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · la Australasia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · fr Australasie (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · chr ᎠᏍᏔᎴᏏᎠ (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · io Australazia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · be Аўстрала́зія (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · ja オーストララシア (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · nrf Australâsie (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · ru Австрала́зия (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · cmn 澳大拉西亞 /澳大拉西亚 (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · el Αυστραλασία (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · ko 오스트랄라시아 (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · eo Aŭstralazio (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · pt Australásia (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) · de Australasien (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands)