Australasia

Australasia [aw-struh-ley-zhuh, -shuh] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.

Origin of Australasia Austral(ia) + Asia Related formsAus·tral·a·sian, adjective, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for australasia Contemporary Examples of australasia

A point I made in my 2007 book Comeback: back in 1985, NATO plus Japan plus Australasia produced 50% of world GDP.

Is Decline Optional?

David Frum

February 16, 2012

Historical Examples of australasia

The deposits of Colombia and Australasia are placers of a similar character.

The Economic Aspect of Geology

C. K. Leith

It is remarkably successful in the warmer climates of Europe and of Australasia.

The Genus Pinus

George Russell Shaw

Both are natives of what may be termed the new world of Australasia.

Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found

Mayne Reid

I own I have a horror of Australasia—such a long sea-voyage!

What Will He Do With It, Complete

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I was in Australasia three months and a half, and saw only one Governor.

Following the Equator, Complete

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for australasia Australasia noun

1. Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
2. (loosely) the whole of Oceania

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