Australasia

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒstɹ(ə)lˈeɪʒə/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɔstɹl̩ˈæɪʒɐ/ Rhymes: -eɪʒə === Proper noun === Australasia Synonym of Oceania: a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Holonym: Oceania ==== Usage notes ==== This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use. It has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania. ==== Derived terms ==== Australasian (adjective), A'asia ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Likely borrowed from English Australasia, Portuguese Australásia f, or Spanish Australasia f, or directly from French Australasie f. By surface analysis, austrālis (“southern”) +‎ Ā̆sia (“Asia”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯s.traˈɫaː.si.a], [au̯s.traˈɫa.si.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯s.traˈlaː.s̬i.a] === Proper noun === Australasia f sg (genitive Australasiae); first declension (New Latin) Australasia (a continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== australasicus ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Tenodera australasiae == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /austɾaˈlasja/ [au̯s.t̪ɾaˈla.sja] Rhymes: -asja Syllabification: Aus‧tra‧la‧sia === Proper noun === Australasia f Australasia (a continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands)