Type Region & Country
Pronounced Pron. aw-STRAYL-yə(English) aw-STRAY-lee-ə(English) ows-TRA-lya(Spanish) OW-strah-lee-ah(Finnish) ow-STRA-lya(Polish)
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin australis meaning "southern". It was formally adopted as the name of the continent (and later country) by the British administrators of the region in 1824.