australian
/əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person from the Commonwealth of Australia.
noun
A person aboriginal to Australia.
noun
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
name
The Australian, an Australian newspaper.
Example Sentences
- "An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much."
- "It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say."
- "The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos."
- "Australian scrolling"
Etymology
From Australia + -an.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
- British English: /ɒsˈtɹeɪ.liː.ən/