AUSTRALIAとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Straya, 'Straya (informal)

語源

First attested 16th century, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below). By surface analysis, Austral- +‎ -ia.

Distantly cognate to Austria, containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, but through German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”.

See also Terra Australis.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/
  • (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA: /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/
• (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA: /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹeɪl.jə/
• (General Australian) IPA: /əˈstɹæɪl.jə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ə/, /əˈstɹæɪ.jə/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹe.jə/
  • (Tasmanian) IPA: /əˈstɹɛ.liː.ə/
• (General American) IPA: /ɔˈstɹeɪl.jə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪl.i.ə/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɑˈstɹɛl.i.ə/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jə/, /-ɹeɪl-/
• ハイフネーション: Aus‧tra‧lia, Aus‧tral‧ia
• 韻: -eɪliə

固有名詞

Australia

1. An island of Oceania.
   • 1693: translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of Gabriel de Foigny) titled Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voiage de la Terre Australe published 1692, translation published in London in 1693. Quoted in The Australian Language by Sidney J. Baker, second edition, 1966, chapter XIX, section 1, pages 388-9.

     This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ...

   • 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis, volume 1 (at Project Gutenberg)

     Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into AUSTRALIA; as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.

2. A country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra.

   Synonyms: Aussie (uncommon, colloquial), Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historical), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical), Upsidedownland (colloquial), Stralia (colloquial), Straya (colloquial)

   Hypernym: Antipodes

   • 2011 November 1, Emily Smith, “‘Movember’ gets hairy, for a cause”, in CNN‎:

     During Movember (the month formerly known as November), men around the globe grow mustaches (hence the name) while raising money for men’s health issues. Movember started in Australia in 2003.

   • 2025 May 30, Riley Cedar, “Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii”, in Military Times‎:

     The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21.

3. (geology) A continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands.

   He is going to Australia for his honeymoon for 10 days.

   Synonyms: Meganesia, Sahul, Oceania (inclusive of other islands)

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• → Japanese: オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria)
• → Maori: Ahitereiria
• → Tokelauan: Auhitalia

参考

• AU
• Aust
• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Australia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [au̯sˈtraː.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [au̯sˈtraː.li.a]

固有名詞

Austrālia f sg (genitive Austrāliae); first declension (New Latin)

1. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

語形変化

First-declension noun, singular only.

派生語

• austrāliēnsis, austrāliānus