Australian

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɒˈstreɪliən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɔˈstreɪljən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ô strāl′yən)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Aus•tral•ian /ɔˈstreɪlyən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Place Names[countable] a person born or living in Australia.
  2. Place Names[uncountable] any of the languages spoken by the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia.

adj. 
  1. of or relating to Australia.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Aus•tral•ian  (ô strāl′yən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
  2. [Zoogeog.]belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Celebes, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.
  3. [Phytogeog.]belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.

n. 
  1. Language Varieties, Anthropology, Place Namesa native or inhabitant of Australia.
  2. Anthropology, Language Varietiesan Aborigine of Australia.
  3. Language Varietiesthe phylum of languages spoken by the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of more than a hundred languages.
Abbr.: Austral, Austral.
  • Australi(a) + -an

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Australian /ɒˈstreɪlɪən/ n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Australia
  2. the form of English spoken in Australia
  3. a linguistic phylum consisting of the languages spoken by the native Australians
 adj
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Australia, the Australians, or their form of English
  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum of languages spoken by the native Australians
  3. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas
'Australian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AAP - ABC - Aboriginal - Aborigine - ACT - ADFA - AFL - Agassi - agent-general - AIF - air marshal - air vice-marshal - AIS - Albanese - alcheringa - Alexander technique - All-Ordinaries Index - alp - AMF - Anderson - ANU - ANZ - ANZAAS - Anzac - APRA - Armstrong - ash - Ashes - ASIO - ATO - aubergine - Aussie - Aussie battler - Australia - Australian Alps - Australian Antarctic Territory - Australian Capital Territory - Australian cattle dog - Australian Rules - Australian salute - Australian silky terrier - back row - baggy green - Balmain bug - banksia - bardie - barramundi - Barry Mountains - abo - ab origine

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