australia felix

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Definition of australia felix in English English dictionary

An early proposed name for parts of Victoria (Australia) explored by Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), Latin for “Fortunate Australia” or “Happy Australia”

1839: I named this region Australia Felix, the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the interior country where we had wandered so unprofitably and so long. — Thomas Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 2.

Hyphenation

Aus·tral·ia Fe·lix

Turkish pronunciation

ôstreylyı filîks

Pronunciation

/ôˈstrālyə ˈfēləks/ /ɔːˈstreɪljə ˈfiːlɪks/