Australia - Meaning of Australia

What does Australia mean?

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Australia

[ 3 syll. au-(s)tra-lia, aus-tral-ia ] The baby girl name Australia is pronounced aoSTREYLYAH †. Australia is of Latin origin and it is used largely in the English language. The name is of the meaning 'southern place'.

See also the related categories, english and latin.

Australia is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is ranked outside of the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Australia is the name Astrella.

† Pronunciation for Australia: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"