Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

australia felix

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: aus-trali-a fe-lix
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.

Literary

Example Sentences

"1839, Thomas Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2, Gutenberg eBook #13033, I named this region Australia Felix, the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the interior country where we had wandered so unprofitably and so long."
"Victoria, known as Australia Felix, is bounded on the north and north-east by a straight line drawn from Cape How to the nearest source of the Murray River ; on the west by the eastern boundary of South Australia, or the 141° of east longitude, from the River Murray to the sea coast, and along the coast, including the adjacent islands, to Cape How."

Etymology

From Australia + Latin felix (“fortunate, happy”). Proposed as a name for parts of Victoria (Australia) explored by Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855).

Usage

Literary

Questions

What does australia felix mean?: A name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.
Where does australia felix come from?: From Australia + Latin felix (“fortunate, happy”). Proposed as a name for parts of Victoria (Australia) explored by Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855).

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