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Australia
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Australia
n.
continent southeast of Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans; Commonwealth of Australia, country located on the continent of Australia
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Australia
Australia (, , colloquially ), officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
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Australia
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
(synonym) Commonwealth of Australia
(hypernym) country, state, land
(member-holonym) British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations
(part-holonym) Australia
(member-meronym) Australian, Aussie
(part-meronym) Canberra, Australian capital, capital of Australia
(class) bonzer
2. the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
(hypernym) continent
(hyponym) Gulf of Carpenteria, Carpenteria
(part-holonym) eastern hemisphere, orient
(part-meronym) Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
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Australia
nf.
Australia, continent southeast of Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans, Commonwealth of Australia
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Australia
n.
Australia, continent southeast of Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans; Commonwealth of Australia, country located on the continent of Australia
