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# australian

adjective (Australian); noun (an Australian, Australians)

«australian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Australian means from or belonging to Australia, its people or its language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#m1)
2. An Australian is a person from Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, Australia is a country and a continent in the Southern Hemisphere; its capital is Canberra, and its big cities include Sydney and Melbourne. Australian animals include kangaroos, koalas, wombats, emus and platypuses; many are marsupials found nowhere else. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first Australians. Australian English has words like «arvo» (afternoon), «brekkie» (breakfast), «thongs» (flip-flops), «G'day» (hello) and «mate». Australian seasons are opposite to those in the UK and USA: Christmas is in summer. Phrases: «Australian animals», «Australian English», «the Australian outback», «an Aussie» (informal).

### Examples

- Kangaroos are Australian animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x1)
- My friend is Australian; she comes from Perth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x2)
- Australians celebrate Christmas in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x3)
- Australian English says "arvo" for afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x4)
- The Australian flag has the Southern Cross on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x5)
- Many Australian animals are marsupials. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x6)
- Aboriginal Australians have lived there for tens of thousands of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x7)
- An Australian swimmer won the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/#x8)

### Note

Always written with a capital A: «Australian». Informal: «Aussie» (pronounced «Ozzie»). Do not confuse with «Austrian» (from Austria in Europe, where there are no kangaroos).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «australian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/australian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«australian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/australian.html) on Mova free.