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australasian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
aus-tral-asian
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Australasia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Australasia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Australasian From Australasia + -an.

Inflected Forms

Australasians (plural)

Phrases

Australasian figbird Australasian pig-nose turtle Australasian robin Australasian slimwing Australasian swamphen Australasian treecreeper

Synonyms

Oceanian

Questions

What does australasian mean?
Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
Where does australasian come from?
Etymology tree English Australasia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Australasian From Australasia + -an.

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