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Australia in other languages: Canberra, Sydney and Christmas Island

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, has the ISO codes AU, AUS and 036 and its capital at Canberra. This page gives the name in 193 languages and varieties, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Christmas Island in other languages, and the six states, three territories and six external territories.

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Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

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alpha-2: AU
alpha-3: AUS
numeric: 036

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Commonwealth of Australia

English: AustraliaCommonwealth of Australia
Capital: CanberraCanberra

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Australia in other languages: list of exonyms

Australia in 193 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, Aragonese, Asturian, Corsican, Basque, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Lingala, Ladin, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Albanian, Swahili	eng / arg / ast / cos / eus / fin / fkv / glg / ina / ind / ita / jav / lat / lin / lld / nor / nov / pol / roh / ron / rup / scn / spa / sqi / swa	Australia	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Plautdietsch	deu / ltz / nds / pdt	Australien	same as written
Portuguese, Slovak, Northern Sami, Tetum	por / slk / sme / tet	Austrália	same as written
Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian	cat / oci / srd	Austràlia	same as written
Cornish, Haitian Creole, Mauritius Creole	cor / hat / mfe	Ostrali	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak	crh / gag / kaa	Avstraliya / Австралия	Avstraliya
Danish, Saterland Frisian, Swedish	dan / stq / swe	Australien	same as written
French, Friulian, Jersey Norman French	fra / fur / jnf	Australie	same as written
Afrikaans, Dutch	afr / nld	Australië	same as written
Bislama, Tok Pisin	bis / tpi	Ostrelia	same as written
Breton, Malagasy	bre / mlg	Aostralia	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Awstralska	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Austraalia	same as written
Croatian, Lithuanian	hrv / lit	Australija	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Rundi	kin / run	Ostraliya	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Avstraliya / Австралија	Avstraliya
Bambara	bam	Ositirali, Ɔsitirali	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Australija / Аустралија / آۆسترالٖىيا	Australija
Czech	ces	Austrálie	same as written
Kashubian	csb	Aùstralëjô	same as written
Welsh	cym	Awstralia	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Aŭstralujo, Aŭstralio	same as written
Faroese	fao	Avstralia	same as written
Fijian	fij	Ositerelia	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Ôstralie	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Austraalje	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Astràilia	same as written
Irish	gle	An Astráil / An Astráil	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Austrail	same as written
Hausa	hau	Australiya	same as written
Hawaiian	haw	ʻAukekulelia	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Ausztrália	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Ọstrelia	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Ástralía	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Ewistralya, Awistralya, Ustiralya	same as written
Latvian	lav	Austrālija	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Australië, Ostralië	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Awstralja	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Australia / Аустралия	Australia
Maori	mri	Ahitereiria	same as written
Malay	msa	Australia / اوستراليا	Australia
Nahuatl	nah	Australlān	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Âostralie	same as written
Papiamento	pap	Oustralia	same as written
Quechua	que	Awstralya	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Australiya / आउस्त्रालिया	Australiya
Slovio	slo	Australia / Аустралиа, Australzem / Аустралзем	Australia, Australzem
Slovenian	slv	Avstralija	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Australėjė	same as written
Samoan	smo	Ausetalia	same as written
Somali	som	Awstraaliya, Ustaraaliya	same as written
Silesian	szl	Australijo	same as written
Tahitian	tah	ʻAutarāria	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Australya	same as written
Tokelauan	tkl	Auhetalia	same as written
Tongan	ton	ʻAositelelia	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Awstraliýa / Австралия	Awstraliýa
Turkish	tur	Avustralya	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Avstraliya / Австралия / ئەۋسترەلىيە	Avstraliya
Vietnamese	vie	Úc Đại Lợi, Úc, Ô-xtơ-rây-li-a	same as written
Volapük	vol	Laustralän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Ostraleye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Óstraali	same as written
Zhuang	zha	Audaihleihya	same as written
Zulu	zul	i-Ostreliya	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Awıstralya	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Аѵстралі́ꙗ	Aȳstralī́ja
Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / tyv / udm / xal	Австралия	Avstralija
Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian	chv / mon / oss	Австрали	Avstrali
Rusyn, Ukrainian	rue / ukr	Австралія	Avstralija
Abkhaz	abk	Австралиа	Avstralia
Avar	ava	Австралия	Awstralija
Bashkir	bak	Австралия / Avstraliya	Avstraliya
Belarusian	bel	Аўстралія / Aŭstralija	Aŭstralija
Chechen	che	Австрали / Avstrali	Avstrali
Kazakh	kaz	Австралия / اۆستراليا / Avstralïya, Аустралия / اۋستراليا / Awstralïya	Avstralïya, Awstralïya
Kabardian	kbd	Аустралиэ	Australiă
Kyrgyz	kir	Австралия / اۋسترالىيا / Avstraliya	Avstraliya
Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic)	kmr	Австрали / Avstralî	Avstralî
Meadow Mari	mhr	Австралий	Avstralij
Macedonian	mkd	Австралија	Avstralija
Yakut	sah	Аустралия	Australija
Serbian	srp	Аустралија / Australija	Australija
Tatar	tat	Австралия / Avstraliä / ئاۋسترالىيە	Avstraliä
Tajik	tgk	Австралия / اوسترلیه / Avstralija	Avstralija
Arabic	ara	أستراليا, أوستراليا	Usturāliyā, Ūsturāliyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	آوسترالییا / Avstraliya	Avstraliya
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	ئوسترالیا / Ustralya, ئۆسترالیا / Ostralya, ئاوسترالیا / Awstralya	Ustralya, Ostralya, Awstralya
Persian	fas	استرالیا / Ostrâliyâ	Ostrâliyâ
Western Punjabi	pnb	آسٹریلیا	Āsṫrēliyā
Dari	prs	استرالیا, آسترالیا	Astrāliyā, Āstrāliyā
Pashto	pus	استراليا, استرليا	Astrāliyā, Astraliyā
Uyghur	uig	ئاۋستىرالىيە / Awstiraliye / Австралия	Awstiraliye
Urdu	urd	آسٹریلیا	Āsṫrēliyā
Dhivehi	div	އޮސްޓްރޭލިއާ, އޮސްޓަރުލިޔާ	Osṫrēliā, Osṫaruliyā
Syriac	syr	ܐܘܣܛܪܠܝܐ	Ōsṭraliyā
Hebrew	heb	אוסטרליה, אוסטראליה	Ōsṭralyah, Ōsṭrālyah
Ladino	lad	אוסטרﭏיה / Australia	Australia
Yiddish	yid	אױסטראַליע	Oystralye
Berber (Tifinagh)	ber	ⵓⵙⵜⵔⴰⵍⵢⴰ / Ustralya	Ustralya
Kabyle	kab	ⵓⵙⵜⵔⴰⵍⵢⴰ / Ustralya	Ustralya
Amharic	amh	አውስትራሊያ, አውስትራልያ	Ăwstraliya, Ăwstralya
Tigrinya	tir	ኦስትራሊያ	Ostraliya
Coptic (Bohairic)	cop-boh	Ⲟⲥⲧⲣⲁⲗⲓⲁ	Ostralia
Greek (Demotic)	ell-dhi	Αυστραλία	Aystralía
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell-kat	Αὐστραλία	Aystralía
Armenian	hye	Ավստրալիա, Աւստրալիա	Avstralia, Australia
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	ავსტრალია	Avstralia
Laz	lzz	ავუსტრალია / Avust’ralia	Avust’ralia
Hindi	hin	आस्ट्रेलिया, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, ओस्ट्रेलिया	Āsṭreliyā, Ŏsṭreliyā, Osṭreliyā
Marathi	mar	ऑस्ट्रेलिया, ओस्ट्रेलिया	Ŏsṭreliyā, Osṭreliyā
Nepali	nep	अस्ट्रेलिया	Asṭreliyā
Bengali	ben	অস্ট্রেলিয়া	Ôsṭreliyā
Gujarati	guj	ઑસ્ટ્રેલિયા	Ŏsṭreliyā
Oriya	ori	ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଆ	Ôṣṭreliā
Punjabi	pan	ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ	Āsṭrelīā
Sinhala	sin	ඕස්‍ට්‍රේලියාව	Ōsṭrēliyāva
Kannada	kan	ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ, ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ	Āsṭreliya, Āsṭrēliya
Malayalam	mal	ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ	Ōsṭrēliya
Tamil	tam	ஆஸ்திரேலியா, அவுஸ்திரேலியா	Āstirēliyā, Avustirēliyā
Telugu	tel	ఆస్ట్రేలియా	Āsṭrēliyā
Chinese	zho	澳大利亞/澳大利亚	Àodàlìyà
Cantonese	yue	澳大利亞/澳大利亚	Oudaaihleih
Japanese	jpn	オーストラリア	Ōsutoraria
Korean	kor	오스트레일리아	Oseuteuraeillia
Tibetan	bod	ཨོ་ཏ་ལི་ཡ།, ཨོ་སེ་ཐེ་ལི་ཡ།	O.ta.li.ya, O.se.tʰe.li.ya
Dzongkha	dzo	ཨས་ཊེཡེ་ལི་ཡ།	As.ṭeye.li.ya
Burmese	mya	ဩစတြေးလျား	Ɔ̀sátẏèlyà
Thai	tha	ออสเตรเลีย	Ɔ̄ttrēliya
Lao	lao	ອົດສະຕາລີ	Ôtsatālī
Khmer	khm	អូស្ត្រាលី	Ūstrālī

Vietnamese gives three forms: Úc Đại Lợi and its short form Úc, read from the Chinese characters, and the phonetic Ô-xtơ-rây-li-a.

02 · Names

From Terra Australis to Australia

Australia comes from the Latin Terra Australis Incognita, the unknown southern land that map-makers had drawn for centuries before anyone had seen it. Dutch navigators of the seventeenth century called the coast they charted New Holland. Matthew Flinders, who sailed round the continent in 1803, argued for Australia; Governor Lachlan Macquarie recommended it in 1817, the British Admiralty adopted it in 1824, and the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 fixed the official name.

Most languages kept the Latin stem. Russian and a dozen languages of Russia write Австралия, Georgian ავსტრალია, Armenian Ավստրալիա, all with the v that Greek and Slavonic tradition gives to the diphthong au. Turkish Avustralya and Hungarian Ausztrália adapt it to their own spelling. Pacific languages rebuild it from their sound systems: Māori Ahitereiria, Hawaiian ʻAukekulelia, Samoan Ausetalia, Fijian Ositerelia. Chinese 澳大利亞, Àodàlìyà, is the source of the Vietnamese Úc Đại Lợi.

03 · Canberra

Canberra in other languages

Canberra in 61 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Canberra	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Tagalog	kur / lav / lit / tgl	Kanbera	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Canberra	same as written
Aragonese, Portuguese	arg / por	Camberra	same as written
Azerbaijani, Turkmen	aze / tuk	Kanberra / Канберра	Kanberra
Albanian, Tetum	sqi / tet	Kamberra	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Canberra / Канбера / قانبەرا	Canberra
Esperanto	epo	Kanbero	same as written
Irish	gle	Canberra	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Canberra / Канберра	Canberra
Maori	mri	Kānapera	same as written
Malay	msa	Canberra / كنبيرا	Canberra
Polish	pol	Kanberra	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Kanbėra	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Kanberra / Канберра / كەنبېررە	Kanberra
Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian	mon / rus / ukr	Канберра	Kanberra
Bashkir	bak	Канберра / Kanberra	Kanberra
Belarusian	bel	Канбера / Kanbiera, Канбэра / Kanbera	Kanbiera, Kanbera
Bulgarian	bul	Канбера	Kanbera
Chuvash	chv	Канберрӑ	Kanberră
Kazakh	kaz	Канберра / كانبەررا / Kanberra	Kanberra
Kabardian	kbd	Канберрэ	Kanberră
Kyrgyz	kir	Канберра / كانبەررا / Kanberra	Kanberra
Ossetian	oss	Канберрӕ	Kanberrä
Serbian	srp	Канбера / Kanbera	Kanbera
Tatar	tat	Канберра / Kanberra / كانبېررا	Kanberra
Tajik	tgk	Канберра / کنبیره / Kanberra	Kanberra
Arabic	ara	كانبيرا, كنبيرا, كانبرا, كنبرا	Kānbīrā, Kanbīrā, Kānbirā, Kanbirā
South Azerbaijani	azb	کانبئررا / Kanberra	Kanberra
Persian	fas	کانبرا / Kânberâ, کامبرا / Kâmberâ	Kânberâ, Kâmberâ
Pashto	pus	کنبرا	Kanbərā
Uyghur	uig	كانبېررا / Kanbérra / Канберра	Kanbérra
Urdu	urd	کینبرا, کینبیرا	Kænbarā, Kænbērā
Syriac	syr	ܩܢܒܪܐ	Qanberā
Hebrew	heb	קנברה, קאנברה	Qanberah, Qānberah
Yiddish	yid	קאַנבעראַ	Kanbera
Amharic	amh	ካንቤራ	Kanbera
Greek	ell	Καμπέρα, Κανμπέρα	Kampéra, Kanmpéra
Armenian	hye	Կանբերա	Kanbera
Georgian	kat	კანბერა	Kanbera
Hindi	hin	केनबेरा, कैनबेरा, कैनबरा	Kenberā, Kænberā, Kænbarā
Bengali	ben	ক্যানবেরা	Kænberā
Kannada	kan	ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರ	Kænbera
Malayalam	mal	കാന്ബെറ, കാന്ബറ	Kānbeṟa, Kānbaṟa
Tamil	tam	கன்பரா, கான்பர்ரா, கான்பெரா	Kaṉparā, Kāṉparrā, Kāṉperā
Chinese	zho	堪培拉	Kānpéilā
Japanese	jpn	キャンベラ, カンベラ	Kyanbera, Kanbera
Korean	kor	캔버라	Kaenbeora
Thai	tha	แคนเบอร์รา	Kʰǣnbə̄[r]rā
Khmer	khm	ឃេនបារ៉ា	Kʰenbārā

04 · Melbourne

Melbourne in other languages

Melbourne in 58 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Melbourne	same as written
Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Slovio	aze / mol / slo	Melburn / Мелбурн	Melburn
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Melbourne	same as written
Aragonese, Latvian	arg / lav	Melburna	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Melbourne / Мелбурн / مەلبۆرن	Melbourne
Esperanto	epo	Melburno	same as written
Irish	gle	Melbourne	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Melburn	same as written
Latin	lat	Melbournum	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Melburnas	same as written
Malay	msa	Melbourne / ميلبورن	Melbourne
Samogitian	smg	Melburns	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Melborn, Melburn	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Melburn / Мельбурн	Melburn
Uzbek	uzb	Melburn / Мельбурн / مېلبۇرن	Melburn
Vietnamese	vie	Men-bơn	same as written
Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian	mon / rus / ukr	Мельбурн	Mel'burn
Bashkir	bak	Мельбурн / Melburn	Melburn
Belarusian	bel	Мельбурн / Mielburn, Мэльбурн / Melburn	Mielburn, Melburn
Bulgarian	bul	Мелбърн	Melbărn
Kazakh	kaz	Мельбурн / مەلبۋرن / Melbwrn	Melbwrn
Kyrgyz	kir	Мельбурн / مەلبۇرن / Melburn	Melburn
Serbian	srp	Мелбурн / Melburn	Melburn
Tatar	tat	Мельбурн / Melburn / مېلبۇرن	Melburn
Tajik	tgk	Мелбурн / میلبورن / Melburn	Melburn
Arabic	ara	ملبورن, ميلبورن	Milbūrn, Mīlbūrn
South Azerbaijani	azb	مئلبورن / Melburn	Melburn
Persian	fas	ملبورن / Melborn	Melborn
Pashto	pus	مېلبرن	Melbərn
Uyghur	uig	مېلبۇرن / Mélburn / Мельбурн	Mélburn
Urdu	urd	میلبورن	Mēlbōrn
Hebrew	heb	מלבורן	Melbūrn
Yiddish	yid	מעלבאָרן	Melborn
Amharic	amh	ሜልቡርን	Melburn
Greek	ell	Μελβούρνη	Melvoýrnī
Armenian	hye	Մելբուրն	Melbourn
Georgian	kat	მელბურნი	Melburni
Hindi	hin	मेलबोर्न, मेलबर्न	Melborn, Melbarn
Bengali	ben	মেলবোর্ন	Melborn
Punjabi	pan	ਮੈਲਬੋਰਨ	Mælborn
Malayalam	mal	മെല്ബൺ	Melbaṇ
Tamil	tam	மெல்போர்ன்	Melpōrṉ
Telugu	tel	మెల్బొర్న్	Melborn
Chinese	zho	墨爾本/墨尔本	Mò'ěrběn
Japanese	jpn	メルボルン	Meruborun
Korean	kor	멜버른	Melbeoreun
Tibetan	bod	མེར་བུན།	Mer.bun
Thai	tha	เมลเบิร์น	Mēnbə̄[r]n
Lao	lao	ແມນບອກ	Mǣnbɔ̄k
Khmer	khm	ម៉ែលប៊ន	Mælbon

05 · Sydney

Sydney in other languages

Sydney in 60 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Sydney	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Sydney	same as written
Tagalog, Turkish	tgl / tur	Sidney	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Sidnei	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Sidney / Сиднеј	Sidney
Bosnian	bos	Sidnej / Сиднеј / سٖىدنەي	Sidnej
Esperanto	epo	Sidnejo	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Sidnidh	same as written
Irish	gle	Sydney	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Sîdney	same as written
Latin	lat	Sanctus Dyonisius	same as written
Latvian	lav	Sidneja	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Sidnis, Sidnėjus	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Sydney / Сидней	Sydney
Malay	msa	Sydney / سيدني	Sydney
Samogitian	smg	Sėdnėjus	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Sidneý / Сидней	Sidneý
Uzbek	uzb	Sidney / Сидней / سىدنېي	Sidney
Vietnamese	vie	Xit-ni	same as written
Mongolian, Russian	mon / rus	Сидней	Sidnej
Bashkir	bak	Сидней / Sidney	Sidney
Belarusian	bel	Сідней / Sidniej, Сіднэй / Sidnej	Sidniej, Sidnej
Bulgarian	bul	Сидни	Sidni
Kazakh	kaz	Сидней / سيدنەي / Sïdney	Sïdney
Kyrgyz	kir	Сидней / سىدنەي / Sidney	Sidney
Serbian	srp	Сиднеј / Sidnej	Sidnej
Tatar	tat	Сидней / Sidney / سىدنېي	Sidney
Tajik	tgk	Сидней / سیدنی / Sidnej	Sidnej
Ukrainian	ukr	Сідней	Sidnej
Arabic	ara	سيدني, سدني	Sīdnī, Sidnī
South Azerbaijani	azb	سیدنئی / Sidney	Sidney
Persian	fas	سیدنی / Sidni	Sidni
Pashto	pus	سدني	Sidnī
Uyghur	uig	سىدنېي / Sidnéy / Сидней	Sidnéy
Urdu	urd	سڈنی	Siḋnī
Hebrew	heb	סידני	Sīdnī
Yiddish	yid	סידני	Sidni
Amharic	amh	ሲድኒ	Sidni
Greek	ell	Σίδνεϊ, Σίδνεϋ	Sídneï, Sídneÿ
Armenian	hye	Սիդնեյ	Sidney
Georgian	kat	სიდნეი	Sidnei
Hindi	hin	सिडनी / सिड्नी	Siḍnī
Bengali	ben	সিডনী, সিড্নি / সিডনি	Siḍnī, Siḍni
Punjabi	pan	ਸਿਡਨੀ	Siḍnī
Kannada	kan	ಸಿಡ್ನಿ	Siḍni
Tamil	tam	சிட்னி	Ciṭṉi
Telugu	tel	సిడ్ని	Siḍni
Chinese	zho	悉尼, 雪梨	Xīní, Xuělí
Cantonese	yue	雪梨	Syutlèih
Japanese	jpn	シドニー	Shidonī
Korean	kor	시드니	Sideuni
Tibetan	bod	སིད་ཉིས།	Sid.ñis
Burmese	mya	ဆစ်ဒနီ	Sʰiʿdáni
Thai	tha	ซิดนีย์	Sitnī[y]
Khmer	khm	ស៊ីតនី, ស៊ីដនី	Sītnī, Sīdnī

06 · Christmas Island

Christmas Island in other languages

Christmas Island in 101 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English	eng	Christmas Island	same as written
Finnish, Kven	fin / fkv	Joulusaari	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Kerseiland	same as written
Asturian	ast	Isllade Navidá	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Miladadası / Милад адасы	Miladadası
Bosnian	bos	Božićno ostrvo / Божићно острво / بۉژٖىڃنۉ ۉستروۉ	Božićno ostrvo
Breton	bre	Enez Nedeleg	same as written
Catalan	cat	Illa Christmas, Illa de Nadal	same as written
Czech	ces	Vánoční ostrov	same as written
Cornish	cor	Ynys Nadelik	same as written
Welsh	cym	Ynys y Nadolig	same as written
Danish	dan	Christmas Island, Juløen	same as written
German	deu	Weihnachtsinsel	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Kristnaskinsulo	same as written
Estonian	est	Jõulusaar	same as written
Basque	eus	Eguberri uhartea	same as written
Faroese	fao	Jólaoyggin	same as written
French	fra	Île Christmas, Île de Noël	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Krysttiid-eilân	same as written
Friulian	fur	Isuledi Nadâl	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Eileanna Nollaig	same as written
Irish	gle	Oileánna Nollaig / Oileán na Nollaig	same as written
Galician	glg	Illa de Nadal	same as written
Manx	glv	Ellany Nollick	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Božićni otok	same as written
Upper Sorbian	hsb	Hodowna kupa	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Karácsony-sziget	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Pulau Natal	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Jólaeyja	same as written
Italian	ita	Isola del Natale	same as written
Javanese	jav	Pulo Natal	same as written
Latin	lat	Insula Christi Natalis	same as written
Latvian	lav	Ziemsvētku sala	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Kalėdų sala	same as written
Luxembourgish	ltz	Chrëschtdagsinsel	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Gżira tal-Milied	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Insula Crăciunului / Инсула Крэчунулуй	Insula Crăciunului
Malay	msa	Pulau Krismas / ڤولاو كريسمس	Pulau Krismas
Low German	nds	Wiehnachtsinsel	same as written
Dutch	nld	Christmaseiland, Kersteiland	same as written
Norwegian	nor	Christmasøya	same as written
Occitan	oci	Illa de Nadal	same as written
Polish	pol	Wyspa Bożego Narodzenia	same as written
Portuguese	por	Ilha do Natal, Ilha Christmas	same as written
Quechua	que	Nawidad wat’a	same as written
Romansh	roh	Insla da Nadal	same as written
Romanian	ron	Insula Crăciunului	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Ìsula di Natali	same as written
Slovak	slk	Vianočný ostrov	same as written
Slovenian	slv	Božični otok	same as written
Northern Sami	sme	Juovlasuolu	same as written
Spanish	spa	Isla de Navidad	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Ishulli Krishtlindjes	same as written
Swahili	swa	Kisiwa cha Krismasi	same as written
Swedish	swe	Julön	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Kapuluang Pasko	same as written
Turkish	tur	Christmas Adası	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Mavlud oroli / Мавлуд ороли / مەۋلۇد ئارالى	Mavlud oroli
Vietnamese	vie	Đảo Christmas, Đảo Giáng Sinh	same as written
Võro	vor	Joulusaar	same as written
Walloon	wln	Iye d’Noyé	same as written
Yoruba	yor	Erékùs̩ù Kérésìmesì	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Adey Krismasi	same as written
Bashkir	bak	Раштыуа утрауҙары / Raştıua utrauźarı	Raştıua utrauźarı
Belarusian	bel	Востраў Ражства / Vostraŭ Ražstva, Выспа Раства / Vyspa Rastva	Vostraŭ Ražstva, Vyspa Rastva
Bulgarian	bul	Остров Рождество	Ostrov Roždestvo
Chuvash	chv	Раштав утравӗ	Raštav utravĕ
Kazakh	kaz	Рождество аралы / روجدەستۆو ارالى / Rojdestvo aralı	Rojdestvo aralı
Kabardian	kbd	Хъурамэ хы тӏыгу	Ħuramă ȟy ṭygu
Macedonian	mkd	Божиќен Остров	Božiḱen Ostrov
Mongolian	mon	Зул Сарын Арал	Zul Saryn Aral
Ossetian	oss	Цыппурсы сакъадах	Cyppursy saqadaȟ
Rusyn	rue	Вяночный остров	Vjanočnŷj ostrov
Russian	rus	Остров Рождества	Ostrov Roždestva
Yakut	sah	Ороһуоспа арыыта	Orohuospa aryyta
Serbian	srp	Божићно Острво / Božićno Ostrvo	Božićno Ostrvo
Tatar	tat	Раштуа утравы / Raştua utrawı / راشتۇا ئۇتراۋى	Raştua utrawı
Tajik	tgk	Ҷазираи Мавлуд / جزیرهٔ مولود / Çaziraji Mavlud	Çaziraji Mavlud
Ukrainian	ukr	Острів Різдва	Ostriv Rizdva
Arabic	ara	جزيرة عيد الميلاد	Ǧazīrâẗu ʿĪdi l-Mīlād
South Azerbaijani	azb	میلاد آداسی / Milad adası	Milad adası
Persian	fas	جزیرهٔ کریسمس / Jazireye Krismas	Jazireye Krismas
Uyghur	uig	روژدېستۋو ئارىلى / Rojdéstwo arili / Рождество арили	Rojdéstwo arili
Urdu	urd	جزیرہٴ عید میلاد	Jazīrâ-e ʿĪd Mīlād
Hebrew	heb	אי חג המולד, אי כריסטמס	Ī Ḥag ha-Mōlad, Ī Krīsṭmas
Yiddish	yid	ניטל־אינדזל	Nitl-Indzl
Greek	ell	Νησί των Χριστουγέννων	Nīsí tōn Ȟristoygénnōn
Armenian	hye	Սուրբ Ծննդի կղզի	Sourb Cnndi kġzi
Georgian	kat	შობის კუნძული	Šobis kunǳuli
Hindi	hin	क्रिसमस आईलैंड	Krismas Āīlæṃḍ
Marathi	mar	क्रिसमस द्वीप	Krismas dwīp
Bengali	ben	বড়দিন দ্বীপ	Bôṛôdin dbīp
Gujarati	guj	ક્રિસમસ દ્વીપ	Krismas dvīp
Malayalam	mal	ക്രിസ്തുമസ് ദ്വീപ്	Kristumas dvīp
Tamil	tam	கிறிஸ்துமசு தீவு	Kiṛistumacu tīvu
Telugu	tel	క్రిస్టమస్ ద్వీపం	Krisṭamas dvīpaṃ
Chinese	zho	聖誕島/圣诞岛	Shèngdàn dǎo
Japanese	jpn	クリスマス島	Kurisumasu tō
Korean	kor	크리스마스섬	Keuriseumaseu seom
Thai	tha	เกาะคริสต์มาส	Kɔ Kʰrit[t]māt

07 · Cities

Canberra, Sydney and Christmas Island

Canberra, the federal capital, carries a name from the Ngunnawal language. Joshua John Moore called his land grant Canberry in 1823 after the local clan, and Canberra appears on maps from about 1857. Its exonyms stay close to the English spelling, from Māori Kānapera to Chinese 堪培拉, while Greek has Καμπέρα. Sydney has two Chinese names, 悉尼 Xīní and 雪梨 Xuělí, the second also used in Cantonese. Christmas Island was named by Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary on Christmas Day 1643, and most languages translate it: Joulusaari in Finnish, Jólaeyja in Icelandic, Остров Рождества in Russian.

In 2004 ISO 3166-2 changed five state codes to the abbreviations of Australian Standard AS 4212-1994, so AU-NS became AU-NSW and AU-QL became AU-QLD; Tasmania, Victoria and the Capital Territory followed. The Jervis Bay Territory, Ashmore and Cartier and the Coral Sea Islands have no ISO codes.

08 · Subdivisions

States and territories of Australia

Six states and three mainland territories, with their capitals and ISO 3166-2:AU codes, and the six external territories. Eight units carry an ISO 3166-2 code; the Jervis Bay Territory does not, and four of the external territories have codes of their own in ISO 3166-1.

Australia, ISO 3166-2:AU: 6 states, 3 territories and 6 external territories
ISO 3166-2	Official name	English	Administrative centre	Change
States6
AU-NSWwas AU-NS	State of New South Wales	New South Wales	SydneySydney	2004 Code changed to follow AS 4212-1994
AU-QLDwas AU-QL	State of Queensland	Queensland	BrisbaneBrisbane	2004 Code changed to follow AS 4212-1994
AU-SA	State of South Australia	South Australia	AdelaideAdelaide
AU-TASwas AU-TS	State of Tasmania	Tasmania	HobartHobart	2004 Code changed to follow AS 4212-1994
AU-VICwas AU-VI	State of Victoria	Victoria	MelbourneMelbourne	2004 Code changed to follow AS 4212-1994
AU-WA	State of Western Australia	Western Australia	PerthPerth
Territories3
AU-ACTwas AU-CT	Australian Capital Territory	Australian Capital Territory	CanberraCanberra	2004 Code changed to follow AS 4212-1994
No ISO code	Jervis Bay Territory	Jervis Bay Territory		Commonwealth territory, not coded in ISO 3166-2
AU-NT	Northern Territory	Northern Territory	DarwinDarwin
External territories6
No ISO code	Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Ashmore and Cartier Islands
CX	Territory of Christmas Island	Christmas Island		Own ISO 3166-1 code, not part of ISO 3166-2:AU
CC	Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Cocos (Keeling) Islands		Own ISO 3166-1 code, not part of ISO 3166-2:AU
No ISO code	Coral Sea Islands Territory	Coral Sea Islands
HM	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Heard Island and McDonald Islands		Own ISO 3166-1 code, not part of ISO 3166-2:AU
NF	Territory of Norfolk Island	Norfolk Island	KingstonKingston	Own ISO 3166-1 code, not part of ISO 3166-2:AU

Codes: ISO 3166-2:AU on the ISO Online Browsing Platform and ISO 3166 Newsletter I-6 of 8 March 2004, checked 28 October 2026.

Local councils of every state with their seats

09 · Flag

Flag of Australia

A blue field carries the Union Flag in the upper hoist, a large seven-pointed Commonwealth Star below it and the Southern Cross in the fly, drawn as four seven-pointed stars and one smaller five-pointed star. The flag here follows the Wikimedia Commons construction in the proportion 1:2.

10 · Questions

Questions about the name Australia

Where does the name Australia come from?

From Latin Terra Australis, the southern land. Matthew Flinders promoted the name after 1803 and it replaced New Holland in official use from 1817 on.

What are the ISO codes of Australia?

AU (alpha-2), AUS (alpha-3) and 036 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1. The states and mainland territories have codes from AU-ACT to AU-WA in ISO 3166-2.

What is Sydney called in Chinese?

悉尼, Xīní, in Mainland usage and 雪梨, Xuělí, the form also used in Cantonese.

Does Christmas Island have its own ISO code?

Yes. As an external territory it has its own ISO 3166-1 code, CX, and is not part of ISO 3166-2:AU.