Australian outback
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6.3
- noun
- Australian
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interior australiano
- On May 28, 1993, a remote and dusty thicket of the Australian outback shook for hundreds of miles around.
And for me it was a place called Coober PD in the Australian Outback where they they mine for opals.
- And for me it was a place called Coober PD in the Australian Outback where they they mine for opals.
- But most interestingly, it's been used in the Australian Outback where they have to go quite some distance before they can reach, say, a Medical Center.
Examples
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And for me it was a place called Coober PD in the Australian Outback where they they mine for opals.
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But most interestingly, it's been used in the Australian Outback where they have to go quite some distance before they can reach, say, a Medical Center.
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Has anybody been to the Australian outback?
Blog text (17) -
His voice was warm and soothing and reminded her of sunshine and the great Australian outback.
Fiction book (1995) -
"He's not in Perth, but he's someplace out in the Australian outback.
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You don't know what desolate means until you've seen some areas of the Australian outback.
Fiction book (1991) -
Would a Buddhist monk from Bhutan be happy in Helsinki or in the Australian outback?
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Described as an "existential western," the near-future tale follows a man who goes on a journey across the Australian outback to find his stolen car, which contains something invaluable to him.
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Many tourists dream of visiting the Australian outback to experience its rugged beauty.
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Exploring the Australian outback can be challenging due to its harsh climate and remote locations.
Synonyms
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5.9
Remote land in Australia far from towns where few people live
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6.2
A wild area far from towns and roads, like a mountain
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9.9
A remote part of the Australian outback that is very empty and hard to reach
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9.4
A distant land far beyond the sea
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9.9
A very remote part of the Australian outback that is wild and harsh
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4.1
A wild area with bushes and small trees, often in Australia
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9.9
Far from towns and cities, often in the Australian outback
A rural area far from towns and cities with few people
Areas far from towns or cities where few people live and life is often hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'outback' denotes remote inland regions and 'Australian' simply localizes those regions to Australia, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'the remote interior regions of Australia'. This adjective+noun combination follows normal compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Australian outback may come from the simple words out and back, because people used to say 'out back' for the land far behind towns and farms. So, the name came to mean the wild, remote interior of Australia.