Australiana

Australiana

See also: australiana

English

Etymology 1

Australia +‎ -ana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈɑnə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈeɪnə/

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: Aus‧tral‧ia‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Australiana pl (plural only)

1. All things peculiar to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Australian to make it look Italian (australiana is indeed an Italian word).

Noun

Australiana

1. (Australia) A pizza topped with bacon (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
   • 1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:

     Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.

   • 2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:

     Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.

   • 2004, Loose lips, page 21:

     Our town was chilli crazy — the Italian restaurant now served chilli-garlic bread, the Australiana Pizza at Nico's now featured chilli as one of its toppings and at the Rotary Fete, savoury chilli biscuits outnumbered sponge cakes three to one.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Australiana

1. Essive singular form of Australia.