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Australian state

Other forms: Australian states

Definitions of Australian state
  1. noun
    one of the several states constituting Australia
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    examples:
    Queensland
    a state in northeastern Australia
    New South Wales
    an Australian state in southeastern Australia
    Victoria
    a state in southeastern Australia
    Tasmania
    an Australian state on the island of Tasmania
    South Australia
    a state in south central Australia
    Western Australia
    a state containing the western third of Australia
    type of:
    province, state
    the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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