Australian

Australian
Aus•tral•ian
[[t]ɔˈstreɪl yən[/t]] adj.
1) peo of or pertaining to Australia or its inhabitants:
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2) ecl belonging to a zoogeographic division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands
3) peo geg a native or inhabitant of Australia
4) peo a member of any of the peoples who are the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia
5) peo the group of more than 200 languages, many now extinct or moribund, spoken by the aboriginal peoples of Australia

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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