dictionary definitions for "australian"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  Australian
      adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its
            inhabitants; "Australian deserts"; "Australian
            aborigines" [syn: Australian]
      n 1: a native or inhabitant of Australia [syn: Australian,
           Aussie]
      2: the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines
         [syn: Australian, Aboriginal Australian]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Australian \Aus*tra"li*an\, a. [From L. Terra Australis southern
     land.]
     Of or pertaining to Australia. -- n. A native or an
     inhabitant of Australia.
     [1913 Webster]


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