Awstralia

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Australia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯sdˈral.ja/, [au̯stˈralja]

Proper noun

Awstralia f

1. Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire; official name: Cymanwlad Awstralia)

   Mewn seiniau llawen canwn oll; Tua'r blaen Awstralia deg!

   In joyful strains then let us sing; Advance Australia fair!

   Fe gafodd ei addysg draw yng ngwlad Awstralia.

   He received his education over in Australia.

2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Coordinate terms

countries in Oceania: gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) (appendix)edit

• Awstralia
• Ciribati
• Fanwatw
• Ffiji
• Micronesia
• Nawrw
• Niue
• Palaw
• Papwa Gini Newydd
• Samoa
• Seland Newydd
• Tonga
• Twfalw
• Ynysoedd Cook
• Ynysoedd Marshall
• Ynysoedd Solomon

Mutation

Mutated forms of Awstralia

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Awstralia	unchanged	unchanged	Hawstralia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.