Australasian

Variant of Australasia

Australasia definition

Aus·tral·asia (ôs′trə lā′z̸hə)

  1. generally, the islands of the SW Pacific
  2. Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, the Malay Archipelago, and all islands south of the equator and between E longitudes 100 and 180
  3. Oceania

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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