Australasia (album)
WordNet
noun
(1) Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
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Etymology
The name was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes 1756. He derived it from the for “south of Asia”
Proper noun
Australasia
- Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands
- all of Oceania
Usage notes
This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use