Canberra
Syllables: Can·berra/ˈkænbɹə/US/ˈkænˌbɛɹə/
Canberra proper noun: the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.
Proper noun
Canberra
- The capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.
- The Australian federal government.
- A new tax policy was announced by Canberra today.
Canberra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Canberra in Hindi
- capital city of Australia
- कैनबरा kainbarā
Canberra in Tamil
- capital city of Australia
- கான்பரா kāṉparā
Canberra in Marathi
- capital city of Australia
- कॅनबेरा kĕnberā
Canberra in Urdu
- capital city of Australia
- کینبرا kainbarā, کینبیرا kainberā
More languagesFewer languages
- Canberra in Bengali
- ক্যানবেরা kênbera
- Canberra in Telugu
- కాన్బెర్రా kānberrā
- Canberra in Malayalam
- കാന്ബെറ kānbeṟa, കാന്ബറ kānbaṟa
- Canberra in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರ್ರಾ kyānberrā
- Canberra in Odia
- କାନବେରା kānaberā
- Canberra in Sinhala
- කැන්බරා kænbarā
- Canberra in Pashto
- کنبرا kanbərā
- Canberra in Arabic
- كَانْبِرَا kānbirā, كَانْبَيرَا kānbīrā
- Canberra in Malay
- Canberra
- Canberra in Indonesian
- Canberra
- Canberra in Persian
- کانبرا kânbarâ
- Canberra in Thai
- แคนเบอร์รา kɛɛn-bəə-râa
- Canberra in Vietnamese
- Canberra
- Canberra in Myanmar
- ကင်ဘာရာမြို့ kangbharamrui.
Origin of Canberra
Uncertain. Most commonly said to be from Ngunawal kamberra (“meeting place”). See more theories on Wikipedia.
Words formed from Canberra
Questions about Canberra
- What does Canberra mean?
- Canberra means the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.
- What is Canberra in Hindi?
- Canberra in Hindi is कैनबरा (kainbarā). See Canberra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Canberra?
- Canberra is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Canberra?
- Canberra is pronounced /ˈkænbɹə/.
Words near Canberra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Canberra (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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