Australia

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
10/11/2012, 12:25 AM	Mike C	added

Type Region & Country

Usage English, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Indonesian, Malay

Pronounced Pron. /ɔ.ˈstɹeɪl.jə/(English) /ɔ.ˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/(English) /au̯s.ˈtɾa.lja/(Spanish) /ˈɑu̯.strɑː.li.ɑ/(Finnish) /aw.ˈstra.lja/(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.