Australia

Etymology
First attested 16th century, from, from. Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by in 1814 (quotation below).

Distantly cognate to, 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.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 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 ...
 * This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ...


 * 1) * 1814,, 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.
 * 1)  . New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
 * 1)  . New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
 * 1)  . New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.
 * 1)  . New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.

Translations

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From.

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From (cognate with ).

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Borrowed from.

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From + a latinization of Ancient Greek.

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