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australasia

/ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
aus-trala-sia
IPA
/ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Oceania: Oceania ({{place|en|A <> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia).

name

A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring Melanesian islands.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”. By surface analysis, Austral- + Asia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Australasie, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/
  • British English: /ˌɒstɹəˈleɪʒə/

Derived Forms

Australasian A'asia

Synonyms

Oceania

Rhymes With

asia malaysia anastasia euthanasia eurasia fantasia dysplasia aphasia austrasia phantasia laurasia dysphasia

Questions

How do you pronounce australasia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/.
What does australasia mean?
Synonym of Oceania: Oceania ({{place|en|A <> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia).
Where does australasia come from?
It is traced to French.

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