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Australian

Australian [aw-streyl-yuh n] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Celebes, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.
Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Australia.
an Aborigine of Australia.
the phylum of languages spoken by the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of more than a hundred languages. Abbreviation: Austral, Austral.

Origin of Australian Australi(a) + -an Related formsan·ti-Aus·tral·ian, adjective, nounpro-Aus·tral·ian, adjective, nounpseu·do-Aus·tral·ian, adjective, nountrans-Aus·tral·ian, adjectiveun-Aus·tral·ian, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for australian Contemporary Examples of australian

Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.

Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway

Liza Foreman

December 21, 2014

An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.

I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed

Emily Shire

December 17, 2014

His sex-offender pedigree was real, though; Australian police have those certificates.

The Sydney Astrologer Turned Islamic Radical

Jacob Siegel

December 16, 2014

At that time, though, my job as a rep for an Australian company made it impossible to leave Australia.

Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath

Gerald Hughes

December 2, 2014

The most astonishing came from Ron and Mavis Pirola, a middle-aged Australian couple who have been together for 57 years.

The Vatican’s Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen?

Barbie Latza Nadeau

October 12, 2014

Historical Examples of australian

Davidson, a plucky Australian officer attached to us, was among the killed.

With Manchesters in the East

Gerald B. Hurst

The Australian lady set her down as a well-preserved forty at least.

Jan and Her Job

L. Allen Harker

They were accompanied by the Australian cruisers Melbourne and Sydney.

The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)

Various

Australian up-country hotels are certainly not meant for rest.

The Last Voyage

Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Australian colonists are the most hospitable people in the world.

The Last Voyage

Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

British Dictionary definitions for australian Australian noun

a native or inhabitant of Australia
the form of English spoken in Australia
a linguistic phylum consisting of the languages spoken by the native Australians

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Australia, the Australians, or their form of English
of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum of languages spoken by the native Australians
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for australian Australian n.

1690s, in reference to aboriginal inhabitants, from Australia + -an. As an adjective by 1814. Australianism in speech is attested from 1891.