Australasia

See also: Australásia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”.[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒstɹ(ə)lˈeɪʒə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔstɹl̩ˈæɪʒɐ/
Rhymes: -eɪʒə

Proper noun

Australasia

Oceania.
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.
Holonym: Oceania

Usage notes

This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use. But it has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania.

Derived terms

Australasian (adj)

Translations

Oceania — see Oceania

Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands

Belarusian: Аўстрала́зія f (Aŭstralázija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 澳大拉西亞／澳大拉西亚 (Àodàlāxīyà)
Danish: Australasien pl
Esperanto: Aŭstralazio
Estonian: Australaasia
Finnish: Australaasia
French: Australasie (fr) f
German: Australasien (de) n
Greek: Αυστραλασία (el) f (Afstralasía)
Ido: Australazia (io)
Irish: an Astraláise f
Japanese: オーストララシア (Ōsutorarasia)
Korean: 오스트랄라시아 (ko) (oseuteurallasia)
Lao: ອົດສະຕາອາຊີ (ʼot sa tā ʼā sī)
Norman: Australâsie f
Polish: Australazja f
Portuguese: Australásia f
Russian: Австрала́зия (ru) f (Avstralázija)
Serbo-Croatian: Australazija f
Spanish: Australasia f
Ukrainian: Австралоа́зія f (Avstraloázija), Австрала́зія f (Avstralázija)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Australasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved January 20, 2021.

Spanish

Proper noun

Australasia f

Australasia

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Australasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved January 20, 2021.