Definitions for Australian
ɔˈstreɪl yənAus·tralian

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Australian, Aussie(noun)

   a native or inhabitant of Australia

2. Australian, Aboriginal Australian(adj)

   the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines

3. Australian(adj)

   of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages

   "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"

Wiktionary(2.71 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Australian(Noun)

   A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

2. Australian(Noun)

   A person from the continent of Australia.

3. Australian(Noun)

   A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).

4. Australian(Adjective)

   Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Australian(adj)

   of or pertaining to Australia

   Etymology: [From L. Terra Australis southern land.]

2. Australian(noun)

   a native or an inhabitant of Australia

   Etymology: [From L. Terra Australis southern land.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Australian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3867

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Australian' in Adjectives Frequency: #520

Anagrams for Australian »

1. saturnalia, Saturnalia

2. Saturnalia

How to pronounce Australian?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Australian in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Australian in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Australian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Australian in a Sentence

1. Stephen Kenny:

   What he was doing there was not at that time illegal. He wasn't doing anything that was a breach of Australian, international or U.S. law. And that's what this decision today confirms.

2. John Lord:

   Banning Huawei will not make the Australian telecom ecosystem safer, but will have a huge impact on the industry and the prices and services Australians receive, it will be a great policy failure and demonstrate to the world that we are not ready for the new reality of a smart and innovative China.

3. Jake Klein:

   Investor sentiment in gold is understandably very low and investors have lost a lot of money, not withstanding that, the Australian gold sector is undoubtedly a good place to be. Costs are coming down and with the falling Aussie dollar supporting a higher A-dollar gold price, the profitability wedge per ounce is widening.

4. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   People have gone about their business and in the aftermath of the end of the siege last night, people have responded with typical Australian decency and generosity.

5. Gavin Wendt:

   KKR's move probably said as much about the longer-term value of Australian copper mining in general as it did about Oz Minerals.

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