Australiana

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Australia +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈænə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈɑnə/, /ɔˈstɹeɪliˈeɪnə/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tral‧ia‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

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Australiana pl (plural only)

  1. All things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
    • 2018 June 1, Alana Schetzer, “Australiana 2.0: how cultural cringe became cool”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      In the midst of Expo ’88 mania, everyone sported clothing emblazoned with splashy images of Sydney Harbour Bridge, koalas and Australiana chic. It was bold, brash and people couldn’t get enough of it.

Etymology 2

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Alteration of Australian to make it look Italian (australiana is indeed an Italian word).

Noun

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Australiana

  1. (Australia) A pizza topped with bacon and pineapple (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
    • 1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
      Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.
    • 2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary:
      Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.
    • 2004, Loose lips, page 21:
      Our town was chilli crazy — the Italian restaurant now served chilli-garlic bread, the Australiana Pizza at Nico's now featured chilli as one of its toppings and at the Rotary Fete, savoury chilli biscuits outnumbered sponge cakes three to one.
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Finnish

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Proper noun

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Australiana

  1. essive singular of Australia