| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Australasia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Aus·tral·a·sia |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô str -l  zh, -sh |
| 1. The islands of the southern Pacific Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. 2. Broadly, all of Oceania. | | OTHER FORMS: | Austral·asian —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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