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Australia Pronunciation
Australia is pronounced aw-STRAY-lyuh, IPA /ɔˈstreɪljə/.
aw-STRAY-lyuh
US /ɔˈstreɪljə/
Syllables: aw · STRAY · lyuh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: The country and continent in the southern hemisphere, between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Australia in a Sentence
- Her brother moved to Australia in 2014.
- Australia takes almost a day to reach from London.
- Most of Australia is desert or near desert.
Common Mispronunciations of Australia
Not aw-STRA-lee-uh
The stressed vowel is a long ay, as in stray. A flat a there belongs to Austrian.
Not OW-stray-lyuh
The opening au is the aw of law, and it is unstressed, so it passes almost unnoticed.
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