Australia

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noun

1. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent;
Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago;
first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
Commonwealth of Australia
• Derivationally related forms:
Australian
• Members of this Region:
bonzer, sealed, walkabout, boomerang, throwing stick,
throw stick, lagerphone, swag, tucker-bag, Australian, Aboriginal Australian,
plonk, billabong, pommy, pom, mate, perisher,
returning officer, sundowner, swagman, swagger, swaggie, Murdoch,
Rupert Murdoch, Keith Rupert Murdoch, yellow spot fungus, Cercospora kopkei, gilgai soil
• Instance Hypernyms:
country, state, land
• Member Holonyms:
British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, British Empire
• Member Meronyms:
Australian, Aussie
• Part Meronyms:
Canberra, Australian capital, capital of Australia, Australian state, Queensland,
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory,
Norfolk Island, Nullarbor Plain, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Simpson Desert,
Australian Alps, Cape York, Cape York Peninsula, Eyre, Lake Eyre, Eyre Peninsula,
Great Australian Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands, Gulf of Carpentaria, Carpentaria,
Murray, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River, Namoi, Namoi River
2. the smallest continent;
between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
• Instance Hypernyms:
continent
• Instance Hyponyms:
Gulf of Carpentaria, Carpentaria
• Part Holonyms:
eastern hemisphere, orient, southern hemisphere
• Part Meronyms:
Commonwealth of Australia, Tasmania, Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert, Australian Alps,
Cape York, Cape York Peninsula, Darling, Darling River, Eyre, Lake Eyre,
Eyre Peninsula, Great Australian Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands, Moreton Bay,
Murray, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River