Australiana
Syllables: Aus·tral·ia·na/ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/
Australiana noun: all things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
Noun (1)
Australiana pl (plural only)
- All things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
- In the midst of Expo ’88 mania, everyone sported clothing emblazoned with splashy images of Sydney Harbour Bridge, koalas and Australiana chic. It was bold, brash and people couldn’t get enough of it.2018 June 1, Alana Schetzer, “Australiana 2.0: how cultural cringe became cool”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Noun (2)
Australiana
- A pizza topped with bacon and pineapple (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
- Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary
- Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary
Origin of Australiana
From Australia + -ana.
Alteration of Australian to make it look Italian (australiana is indeed an Italian word).
Words that rhyme with Australiana
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Guadiana
- ikebana
- kana
- mana
- mañana
- nana
- nirvana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- liana
- librariana
- man'yōgana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about Australiana
- What does Australiana mean?
- Australiana means all things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
- What part of speech is Australiana?
- Australiana is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Australiana?
- Australiana is pronounced /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/.
Words near Australiana in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Australiana (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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