Australasian
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- adjective
- /ˌɔːstrəˈleɪʒən/
:
australasiático
- The Australasian flora is incredibly diverse, featuring everything from tropical rainforests to arid deserts.
- Australasian Government Printers
- Australasian Journal
- Australasian Government Printers' Conference
Examples
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One unique and important feature of the Australasian radiation of monitor species is that more than half of them are small (adults less than four feet long) and of slender build.
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The Australasian region is known for its unique wildlife, including kangaroos and koalas.
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Shortly after his arrival, he established the "African Australasian Gallery," the museum's first permanent installation to include African art.
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And I started to, you know, in the first week of my PhD, I went to a summer school and it was run by the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.
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A preliminary version of the paper was presented at the Australasian Meetings of the Econometric Society in Armidale, July 1989.
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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has expressed concern that neonatal circumcision may violate human rights.
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The Lesser Sundas are a chain of small islands that link the Indonesian Archipelago with the Australasian region and therefore have considerable interest for biogeographers.
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Many Australasian plants, such as eucalyptus, thrive in the diverse climates found in the area.
Synonyms
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9.9
About places on the opposite side of the Earth, often Australia or New Zealand
Surface Forms
Morphology
Australasian = Australasia (transparent) = Australasia + ian
The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from the place name 'Australasia' using the productive suffix '-ian', so its meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word Australasian comes from the region name Australasia, a name made from Australia and Asia, and Australia itself comes from Latin australis meaning 'south'. So Australasian means 'from the southern lands near Asia' and is used for people, animals, and plants of that region.