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adj
Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A native or inhabitant of Australasia.
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adjective
relating to or found in Australasia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English Australasia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Australasian From Australasia + -an.
Across languages
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