Canberra

American  

[kan-ber-uh, -ber-uh] / ˈkæn bɛr ə, -bər ə /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory.

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Canberra British  

/ ˈkænbərə, -brə /

noun

1. the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 309 799 (2001)

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Canberra Cultural  

1. Capital of Australia, located in southeastern Australia.

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Example Sentences

In a separate event on Wednesday, Prince Harry joined players from an Australian Rules football team for a lesson in how to play a game and visited the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Later on Wednesday, the Duke will be in the capital, Canberra.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"The less fuel we use in the cities obviously the more we can redirect to regionals areas that are under pressure," he told reporters in Canberra.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

But Canberra has redoubled efforts to diversify export markets for farmers since a 2020 dispute with Beijing saw agriculture exports blocked for several years, and then last year's global imposition of US trade tariffs.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

In this sense the place was like modern purpose-built political capitals, such as Washington, D.C., or Canberra, Australia, with sanctifying civic monuments to compensate for a lack of real history.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro