Australian

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of, from, or relating to Australia, its people, languages, or culture

   The museum has a large collection of Australian art.

2. 2
   noun

   a person from Australia or of Australian nationality or descent

   An Australian showed us the route across the desert.

From Australia + -an. Australia comes from Latin australis, 'southern,' through the older geographical expression terra australis, 'southern land.' The adjective and demonym are conventionally capitalized in English.

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