Australasia

[ aw-struh-ley-zhuh, -shuh ]

noun

1. Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the S Pacific Ocean.

Australasia

/ ˌɒstrəˈleɪzɪə /

noun

1. Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
2. (loosely) the whole of Oceania

Other Words From

• Austral·asian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Australasia¹

Austral(ia) + Asia

Example Sentences

A point I made in my 2007 book Comeback: back in 1985, NATO plus Japan plus Australasia produced 50% of world GDP.

From The Daily Beast

Araucaria, a genus of trees of the coniferous or pine order, indigenous to Australasia and South America.

From Project Gutenberg

Now he was to visit the Indian Ocean and Australasia, and to investigate their seaweed flora, as yet but little known.

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The late Eocene flora of Europe was very similar to its descendant in modern Australasia.

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And from this point of view a growing trade with Germany is worth a good deal more than a declining trade with Australasia.

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These are some of the problems Australasia inherited from the Peace Conference.

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