Australia.
Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
Meaning & usage
Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss? Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros Proto-Italic *austeros Latin auster Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -alis Latin austrālis Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti Proto-Italic *gnōskō Latin gnōscō Latin gnōscō Latin cognōscō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin cognitus Latin incognitus Latin incōgnita Latin terra austrālis incōgnita English Australiabor. Swahili Australia Borrowed from English Australia.
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