australian

«australian» in Mova's school dictionary: from or belonging to Australia, its people or its language — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Australian means from or belonging to Australia, its people or its language. tree →

2) An Australian is a person from Australia. tree →

sense 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 →
• My friend is Australian; she comes from Perth. tree →
• Australians celebrate Christmas in summer. tree →
• Australian English says "arvo" for afternoon. tree →
• The Australian flag has the Southern Cross on it. tree →
• Many Australian animals are marsupials. tree →
• Aboriginal Australians have lived there for tens of thousands of years. tree →
• An Australian swimmer won the race. tree →

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).

In the corpora

• The didgeridoo comes from Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia, traditionally made from a branch hollowed by termites; skilled players use circular breathing.
• The Australian frilled lizard opens a huge neck frill and hisses to look bigger, then runs away on its back legs.
• More Australians are hurt by horses, cows and bees than by snakes or spiders.
• And the Australian possum living in a roof is a different animal from the American opossum, though both carry their babies in pouches.
• In Australian English "heaps" means lots or very, as in "heaps of dashes".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «australian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.