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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

アウトバック

Pronunciation / Transliteration: autobakku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outback/ˈaʊt.bæk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"オーストラリアのアウトバックを旅するのは冒険的だ。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The remote, arid, and sparsely populated interior regions of Australia.

    "An expedition across the vast red dirt of the Australian outback requires careful preparation and plenty of water."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of the remote interior country.

    "They traveled through several small outback towns on their cross-country road trip."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from English 'out' and 'back', originally denoting remote back-country areas. First recorded in Australia in the late 19th century to describe the vast, remote, arid interior regions.

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