Canberra

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Most commonly said to be from Ngunawal kamberra (“meeting place”). See more theories on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AUS)(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkænbɹə/, /ˈkænbəɹə/, /ˈkæmbɹə/,
  • (US, also) IPA(key): /ˈkænˌbɛɹə/
  • Hyphenation: Can‧berra
  • Hyphenation: Can‧ber‧ra

Proper noun

Canberra

  1. The capital city of Australia, located in the Australian Capital Territory.
  2. (colloquial, metonymically) The Australian federal government.
    A new tax policy was announced by Canberra today.

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Canberra

  1. Canberra (the capital city of Australia)

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛnbɛra]

Proper noun

Canberra f (related adjective canberrský)

  1. Canberra (the capital city of Australia)

Declension
Declension of Canberra (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Canberra
genitive Canberry
dative Canbeře
accusative Canberru
vocative Canberro
locative Canbeře
instrumental Canberrou

Further reading
  • Canberra in Internetová jazyková příručka

Italian

Proper noun

Canberra f

  1. Canberra (the capital city of Australia)

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Canberra, from Ngunawal kamberra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kanˈbɛ.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: Can‧be‧rra

Proper noun

Canberra f

  1. Canberra (the capital city of Australia)

Declension
Declension of Canberra
singular
nominative Canberra
genitive Canberry
dative Canberrze
accusative Canberrę
instrumental Canberrą
locative Canberrze
vocative Canberro

Derived terms
adjective
  • canberski
nouns
  • canberczyk
  • canberka

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Canberra.

Proper noun

Canberra

  1. Alternative form of Camberra

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkenbera]

Proper noun

Canberra f (genitive singular Canberry, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Canberra (the capital of Australia)

References
  • “Canberra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kamˈbera/ [kãmˈbe.ra]
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Syllabification: Can‧be‧rra

Proper noun

Canberra ?

  1. Canberra (the capital city of Australia)
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