# Australasia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɒstɹ(ə)lˈeɪʒə/ · frequency rank #36,044

## Definitions
1. Synonym of Oceania: a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
2. A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”. By surface analysis, Austral- + Asia.

## Easily confused with
- **Australia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/australasia-vs-australia)
- **Australasian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/australasia-vs-australasian)

## Common misspellings (15)
`asutralasia`, `ausrtalasia`, `ausstralasia`, `austarlasia`, `austraalsia`, `australaisa`, `australasai`, `australassia`, `australlasia`, `australsaia`, `austrlaasia`, `austrralasia`, `austtralasia`, `autsralasia`, `uastralasia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/australasia