Australasia

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˌɒstɹəˈleɪʒə/    美 /ˌɔstɹəˈlæɪʒɐ/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Synonym of Oceania: a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
  2. A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring Melanesian islands.

词汇关系

衍生词
Australasian A'asia

词源

Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”. By surface analysis, Austral- + Asia.
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