commonwealth of australia
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1. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | australian state, |
| definition | : | one of the several states constituting Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | queensland, |
| definition | : | a state in northeastern Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | new south wales, |
| definition | : | an Australian state in southeastern Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | victoria, |
| definition | : | a state in southeastern Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | tasmania, |
| definition | : | an Australian state on the island of Tasmania (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | south australia, |
| definition | : | a state in south central Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | western australia, |
| definition | : | a state containing the western third of Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | northern territory, |
| definition | : | a territory in north central Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | norfolk island, |
| definition | : | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | nullarbor plain, |
| definition | : | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | gibson desert, |
| definition | : | a desert area in western Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | great sandy desert, |
| definition | : | a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | great victoria desert, |
| definition | : | a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | simpson desert, |
| definition | : | a desert region of central Australia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | australian alps, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | cape york, |
| definition | : | the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | cape york peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | eyre, lake eyre, |
| definition | : | a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | eyre peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula of southern Australia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | great australian bight, |
| definition | : | a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | great barrier reef, |
| definition | : | the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | murray, murray river, |
| definition | : | a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | namoi, namoi river, |
| definition | : | a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | australia, |
| definition | : | the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | aussie, australian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Australia (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations, |
| definition | : | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | british empire, |
| definition | : | a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | walkabout, |
| definition | : | nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | lagerphone, |
| definition | : | an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground (noun.artifact) |
| domain member region | : | swag, |
| definition | : | a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman (noun.artifact) |
| domain member region | : | tucker-bag, |
| definition | : | a bag used for carrying food (noun.artifact) |
| domain member region | : | plonk, |
| definition | : | a cheap wine of inferior quality (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | billabong, |
| definition | : | a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | pom, pommy, |
| definition | : | a disparaging term for a British person (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | mate, |
| definition | : | informal term for a friend of the same sex (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | perisher, |
| definition | : | bounder (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | returning officer, |
| definition | : | the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | sundowner, |
| definition | : | a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | swagger, swaggie, swagman, |
| definition | : | an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | gilgai soil, |
| definition | : | soil in the melon holes of Australia (noun.substance) |
| domain member region | : | bonzer, |
| definition | : | remarkable or wonderful (adj.all) |
| domain member region | : | sealed, |
| definition | : | having been paved (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | australian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | australian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages (adj.pert) |
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