Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
köken: From Russian Австра́лия (Avstrálija), from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”).
Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
köken: Coined by Swedish geographer Daniel Djurberg in 1776 in his Geografi, Sammandragen utur de Nyste och Tilförliteligaste Auctorer (‘Geography, Summaries of the Newest and Most Comprehensive Authors'), adapted from a (by Djurberg) alleged Māori word for Australia, Olhemaroa, which is mentioned in John Hawkesworth's 1773 rendition of James Cook's first voyage (1768–1771). The ultimate origin is…
[…] en besynnerlig rysning öfverföll mig, då jag såg de ödsliga, ofantliga Sandkusterne af det stora Ulimaroa.
så äro, till exempel, svanorna svarta på Ulimaroa, då de hos oss äro hvita
Australia (an island of Oceania) · Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)
alternative form of châu Úc: 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)
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 洲 (“continent”) and 澳 (“Australia”).