Australasia

See also: Australásia

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Australasia

Wikipedia

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 (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔstɹl̩ˈæɪʒɐ/
• Rhymes: -eɪʒə

Proper noun

Australasia

1. Oceania.
2. 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. It has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania.

Derived terms

• Australasian (adj)

Translations

Oceania — see Oceania

Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands

Arabic: أسترالاسيا f (astrālāsiyā) 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 (fi) French: Australasie (fr) f German: Australasien (de) n Greek: Αυστραλασία (el) f (Afstralasía) Ido: Australazia (io) Irish: Astraláise f Japanese: オーストララシア (ja) (Ōsutorarashia) Korean: 오스트랄라시아 (ko) (Oseuteurallasia) Lao: ອົດສະຕາອາຊີ (ʼot sa tā ʼā sī) Latin: Australasia f 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

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Australasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved January 20, 2021.

Latin

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English Australasia, Portuguese Australásia f, or Spanish Australasia f, or directly from French Australasie f. By surface analysis, austrālis (“southern”) +‎ Ā̆sia (“Asia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯s.traˈlaː.si.a/, [äu̯s̠t̪räˈɫ̪äːs̠iä] or IPA^(key): /au̯s.traˈla.si.a/, [äu̯s̠t̪räˈɫ̪äs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯s.traˈla.si.a/, [äu̯st̪räˈläːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Australasia f sg (genitive Australasiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Australasia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Australasia
genitive	Australasiae
dative	Australasiae
accusative	Australasiam
ablative	Australasiā
vocative	Australasia

Derived terms

• australasicus

Descendants

• Translingual: Tenodera australasiae

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Australasia

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /austɾaˈlasja/ [au̯s.t̪ɾaˈla.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧la‧sia

Proper noun

Australasia f

1. Australasia