Australia

  1. Proper noun.  A country in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia.
  2. Proper noun.  (geology) The continent of Australia-New Guinea. New Guinea and the intervening islands are also on the Australian tectonic plate and are thus geologically considered part of the continent.

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