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”.

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)

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Australasia f

1. Australasia