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What is the difference between antipodes and australia?

antipodes | australia |

Antipodes is a hypernym of australia.


As a noun antipodes

is any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.

As a adjective australia is

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antipodes

English

(wikipedia antipodes)

Usage notes

* Pronunciation is often considered incorrect[reference needed].

Noun

(-)
  • The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
  • The Southern Hemisphere.
  • *
  • *:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!  You!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes —dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
  • Australia and New Zealand.
  • The opposite of something.

    • Derived terms

    * antipodean

    australia

    English

    (wikipedia Australia)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Oceania. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia.
  • * 1693 : translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of ) titled Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voiage de la Terre Australe'' published 1692, translation published in London in 1693. Quoted in ''The Australian Language by Sidney J. Baker, second edition, 1966, chapter XIX, section 1, pages 388-9.
    • This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ...
  • * 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis , volume 1 ( at Project Gutenberg)
    • Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into AUSTRALIA ; as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (country) Aussieland (colloquial), land down under, New Holland (historial), Oz (colloquial), Terra Australis (historical) * (continent) Meganesia, Sahul

    Hypernyms

    * Antipodes

    Derived terms

    * Aussie * Australasia * Australia Day * Australia Felix * Australian * Australianism * Eastralia * Order of Australia * Westralia

    Related terms

    * Austria * Austrasie

    See also

    * * AU * Aust *

    External links

    * Australia time zones with map and map current local time in Australia. English words suffixed with -ia ----