Australian
Syllables: Aus·tra·lian/ɒˈstɹeɪljən/
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Australia/əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/
Australian noun: a person from the Commonwealth of Australia.
Noun
Australian (plural Australians)
- A person from the Commonwealth of Australia.
- An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 38
- It is outrageous and indefensible that Sally Roycroft is deprived of a freedom that we legally confer on every French person. It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say.2013 August 26, Oliver Milman, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson calls for free labour exchange between UK and Australia”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media...
- A person aboriginal to Australia.
- A person from the continent of Australia.
- Australian English.
Adjective
Australian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
- The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man and two Danish women – and reports of others taken ill – prompted warnings last week from several Western nations about the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN
- Upside down.
- Australian scrolling
Proper noun
Australian
- The Australian, an Australian newspaper.
Australian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Australian in Hindi
- person from the country of Australia
- ऑस्ट्रेलियाई ŏsṭreliyāī
- Australian English
- ऑस्ट्रेलियाई ŏsṭreliyāī
- of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages
- ऑस्ट्रेलियाई ŏsṭreliyāī
- of or pertaining to the country of Australia
- ऑस्ट्रेलियाई ŏsṭreliyāī
Australian in Tamil
- ஆசுத்திரேலியாவின் தொல்குடியார், ஆசுத்திரேலியக் குடியுரிமையாளர், ஆசுத்திரேலியாவைச் சார்ந்த
Australian in Marathi
- person from the country of Australia
- ऑस्ट्रेलियन ŏsṭreliyan
- of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages
- ऑस्ट्रेलियन ŏsṭreliyan
Australian in Urdu
- person from the country of Australia
- آسْٹْریلِیَن āsṭreliyan
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- Australian in Bengali
- অস্ট্রেলিয়ান osṭreliẏan
- Australian in Telugu
- ఆస్ట్రేలియను āsṭrēliyanu
- Australian in Pashto
- استراليائي astraliāyí
- Australian in Arabic
- أُسْتُرَالِيّ ʔusturāliyy, أُسْتُرَالِيَّة ʔusturāliyya, أُوسْتُرَالِيّ ʔūsturāliyy, أُوسْتُرَالِيَّة ʔūsturāliyya
- Australian in Thai
- ชาวออสเตรเลีย chaao ɔ́s-dtree-liia, ออสเตรเลีย ɔ́s-dtree-liia
- Australian in Vietnamese
- người Úc, người Úc Đại Lợi, người Ô-xtrây-li-a, tiếng Úc
- Australian in Myanmar
- ဩစတြေးလျ au:ca.tre:lya.
Forms of Australian
| plural | Australians |
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Origin of Australian
From Australia + -an.
Words formed from Australian
- Anglo-Australian
- anti-Australianism
- as Australian as Vegemite
- Asian Australian
- Australiana
- Australian Aboriginal
- Australian Alps
- Australian Approved Name
- Australian as a kangaroo
- Australian as a meat pie
- Australian ballot
- Australian bear
- Australian bluebell
- Australian bonito
- Australian boobook
- Australian brushturkey
- Australian bug
- Australian bumblebee
- Australian bush hat
- Australian canary
- Australian Capital Territory
- Australian cattle dog
- Australian Central Daylight Time
- Australian Central Standard Time
- Australian cockroach
- Australian crane
- Australian crawl
- Australian crow
- Australian dollar
- Australian doubles
- Australian Dream
- Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- Australian Eastern Standard Time
- Australian emperor
- Australian encephalitis
- Australian English
- Australianese
- Australian flame tree
- Australian football
- Australian grayling
- Australian green tree frog
- Australianisation
- Australianise
- Australianism
- Australianist
- Australianization
- Australianize
- Australian kiss
- Australian Kriol
- Australian lime
- Australian lungfish
- Australianly
- Australian magpie
- Australian mahogany
- Australian millet
- Australian Mist
- Australian mockingbird
- Australian mulberry
- Australianness
- Australian ostrich
Phrases with Australian
- new Australian
- Australian bugs
- Australian plum
- Australian teak
- Australian bears
- Australian Mists
- Australian plums
- Australian raven
- Australian rules
- Australian tiger
- First Australian
- South Australian
69 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Australian ravens
- Australian salmon
- Australian tigers
- Australian willow
- Australian ballots
- Australian bonitos
- Australian dollars
- Australian magpies
- Australian pelican
- Australian pull-up
- Australian studies
- Western Australian
- Australian boobooks
- Australian emperors
- Australian pelicans
- Australian prowfish
- Australian Shepherd
- Australian bush hats
- Australian graylings
- Australian plainhead
- Australian Shepherds
- Australian X disease
- Australian plainheads
- Australian pratincole
- Australian prowfishes
- Australian teddy bear
- Australian white ibis
- Indigenous Australian
- Australian cattle dogs
- Australian cockroaches
- Australian finger lime
- Australian flame trees
- Australian pratincoles
- Australian soldier fly
- Great Australian Bight
- Australian finger limes
- Australian reed warbler
- Australian water dragon
- Australian white ibises
- Australian painted snipe
- Australian pitcher plant
- Australian plague locust
- Australian reed warblers
- Australian rhyming slang
- Australian Sign Language
- Australian soldier flies
- Australian water dragons
- Australian Approved Names
- Australian painted snipes
- Australian paralysis tick
- Australian Pidgin English
- Australian pitcher plants
- Australian plague locusts
- Australian rules football
- Australian spotted cuscus
- Australian wood cockroach
- Australian paralysis ticks
- Australian green tree frogs
- Australian spotted cuscuses
- Australian wood cockroaches
- West Australian pitcher plant
- West Australian pitcher plants
- Australian pied imperial pigeon
- Australian pied imperial pigeons
- Australian Western Standard Time
- Western Australian pitcher plant
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- Western Australian pitcher plants
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs
Questions about Australian
- What does Australian mean?
- Australian means a person from the Commonwealth of Australia.
- What is Australian in Hindi?
- Australian in Hindi is ऑस्ट्रेलियाई (ŏsṭreliyāī). See Australian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Australian?
- Australian can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Australian?
- Australian is pronounced /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/.
- What is the plural of Australian?
- The plural of Australian is Australians.
Words near Australian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Australian (page history and authors); Australian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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