# Australian

Pronunciation: US say "aw-STRAYL-yuhn" /ɔˈstɹeɪljən/; UK say "os-TRAY-lee-uhn" /ɒsˈtɹeɪ.liː.ən/; AUS say "uh-STRAYL-yuhn" /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/

## Adjective

1. Belonging to, originating in, or relating to Australia, its people, or its languages.
   - Simple: Coming from or belonging to Australia, its people, or its languages.
   - _Australian wildlife includes many species found nowhere else on earth._
   - _The treaty was negotiated by senior Australian officials over several months._

## Noun

2. A person from Australia, especially a native or citizen of the country, or someone of Australian descent.
   - Simple: A person who comes from Australia or is a citizen of Australia.
   - _Several Australians were among the survivors flown home after the disaster._
   - _Her father was an Australian who moved to Canada in his twenties._
3. The variety of English spoken in Australia; less often, any of the Indigenous languages of the continent.
   - Simple: The English spoken in Australia, or sometimes one of the languages of Australia's first peoples.
   - _After a month in Perth, he had picked up enough Australian to know that 'arvo' means afternoon._
   - _Newcomers sometimes struggle with rapid Australian until their ears adjust._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Positioned upside down, with the top and bottom reversed.

## Origin

Formed from Australia combined with the suffix -an.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/australian (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).