Australasianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɒstrəˈleɪʒn/,

/ˌɒstrəˈleɪʃn/,

/ˌɔːstrəˈleɪʒn/,

/ˌɔːstrəˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɔstrəˈleɪʒən/,

/ˌɑstrəˈleɪʒən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined within an English element. Etymons: proper name Australasia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Australasia ( < French Australasie (see note), with remodelling after Asia ) + -an suffix. Compare Australasiatic adj., Australasiatic n.The place name was first used by the French geographer C. de Brosses to refer to one of three subdivisions of the alleged terra australis (for the history of that place name, see Australian n. and adj.); he formed it < classical Latin austrālis southern (see austral adj.) + Asie Asia (see Asian n.). Compare:1756 C. de Brosses Hist. des Navigations aux Terres Australes I. Pref. p. ii La division de la Terre australe y étoit faite, rélativement à ces trois mers, en Magellanique, Polynèsie, & Australasie. [‘There the southern land was divided into Magellanique, Polynesia, and Australasia, relative to those three seas.’] Compare the etymological note at polynesia n. De Brosses's term was subsequently adapted into English by J. Callander in an unauthorized translation of De Brosses's work:1766 J. Callander Terra Australis Cognita I. 49 The first [division] in the Indian Ocean south of Asia, which, for this reason we shall call Australasia.Compare also the following slightly earlier example of the place name:1763 Scots Mag. Feb. 87/2 The vicinity to the Dutch settlements, and the cruelties of that people towards the subjects of all other nations, whom they look upon as interlopers in these remote regions, have hitherto prevented any attempts of the English to settle in the isles of Australasia.

A. adj.

Of or belonging to Australasia, the region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, (sometimes) New Guinea, and the neighbouring islands of the Pacific.Australasia is sometimes regarded as part of Oceania (see Oceania n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective]

Australasian1802

Australasiatic1816

austral1823

South Asian1827

1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 506 Other Australasian Snakes.

1838 Dublin Rev. July 276 New Zealand is included in the vast diocese of our Australasian Bishop.

1915 Bot. Gaz. 59 70 Wallace..held to the idea of a sharp boundary line in the Straits of Macassar, separating the Indo-Malay and Australasian biogeographic regions.

1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 26 Aug. 25/1 Among items to be performed are traditional African music, modern Afro-Latin-American music, traditional Afro-Cuban music,..and Australasian music.

2001 Sunday Times 6 May (Travel section) 4/1 A price war between airlines in the Australasian market is producing some of the cheapest-ever deals on flights to Australia and New Zealand.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Australasia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > [noun] > Australasia

Australasian1815

digger1917

dig1918

1815 E. Polehampton Gallery Nature & Art VI. v. 494 It is probable that the Australasians..derived the term from the Sanscrit.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 520 In 1854 he was made rear-admiral of the blue, the first native Australasian who attained that rank in the profession.

1999 P. Matthews Cannabis Culture (2000) i. 14 There's something civilized in seeing Europeans and white Americans and Australasians acknowledging a cultural debt.

2021 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 29 Jan. 40 With Shaun Wane's England set to take on a Super League-based team of Australasians on the last weekend of June.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	australasian
释义	Australasianadj.n. Brit. /ˌɒstrəˈleɪʒn/, /ˌɒstrəˈleɪʃn/, /ˌɔːstrəˈleɪʒn/, /ˌɔːstrəˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔstrəˈleɪʒən/, /ˌɑstrəˈleɪʒən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined within an English element. Etymons: proper name Australasia , -an suffix. Etymology: < Australasia ( < French Australasie (see note), with remodelling after Asia ) + -an suffix. Compare Australasiatic adj., Australasiatic n.The place name was first used by the French geographer C. de Brosses to refer to one of three subdivisions of the alleged terra australis (for the history of that place name, see Australian n. and adj.); he formed it < classical Latin austrālis southern (see austral adj.) + Asie Asia (see Asian n.). Compare:1756 C. de Brosses Hist. des Navigations aux Terres Australes I. Pref. p. ii La division de la Terre australe y étoit faite, rélativement à ces trois mers, en Magellanique, Polynèsie, & Australasie. [‘There the southern land was divided into Magellanique, Polynesia, and Australasia, relative to those three seas.’] Compare the etymological note at polynesia n. De Brosses's term was subsequently adapted into English by J. Callander in an unauthorized translation of De Brosses's work:1766 J. Callander Terra Australis Cognita I. 49 The first [division] in the Indian Ocean south of Asia, which, for this reason we shall call Australasia.Compare also the following slightly earlier example of the place name:1763 Scots Mag. Feb. 87/2 The vicinity to the Dutch settlements, and the cruelties of that people towards the subjects of all other nations, whom they look upon as interlopers in these remote regions, have hitherto prevented any attempts of the English to settle in the isles of Australasia. A. adj. Of or belonging to Australasia, the region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, (sometimes) New Guinea, and the neighbouring islands of the Pacific.Australasia is sometimes regarded as part of Oceania (see Oceania n.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective] Australasian1802 Australasiatic1816 austral1823 South Asian1827 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 506 Other Australasian Snakes. 1838 Dublin Rev. July 276 New Zealand is included in the vast diocese of our Australasian Bishop. 1915 Bot. Gaz. 59 70 Wallace..held to the idea of a sharp boundary line in the Straits of Macassar, separating the Indo-Malay and Australasian biogeographic regions. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 26 Aug. 25/1 Among items to be performed are traditional African music, modern Afro-Latin-American music, traditional Afro-Cuban music,..and Australasian music. 2001 Sunday Times 6 May (Travel section) 4/1 A price war between airlines in the Australasian market is producing some of the cheapest-ever deals on flights to Australia and New Zealand. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Australasia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > [noun] > Australasia Australasian1815 digger1917 dig1918 1815 E. Polehampton Gallery Nature & Art VI. v. 494 It is probable that the Australasians..derived the term from the Sanscrit. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 520 In 1854 he was made rear-admiral of the blue, the first native Australasian who attained that rank in the profession. 1999 P. Matthews Cannabis Culture (2000) i. 14 There's something civilized in seeing Europeans and white Americans and Australasians acknowledging a cultural debt. 2021 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 29 Jan. 40 With Shaun Wane's England set to take on a Super League-based team of Australasians on the last weekend of June. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1802
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