Australia is a large country on an island.
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The likely word is the proper noun Australia (an island continent).
The word "eponym" means named after a person or place, often used to describe something named in honor of a specific individual.
The likely word is "Australia" (the island country/continent in the southwest Pacific).
The word 'Australian' is a noun, a proper noun; a word for a resident of or someone from Australia; a word for a person.The word 'Australian' is also an proper adjective, a word that describers something as of or from Australia.
The budgerigar, or informally named budgie, is a native parakeet of Australia
It is believed by some to be a combination of the Old English word "Dun" (Hill) and the Norse word "Holme" (Island)
The word volcano is derived from the name of Vulcano Island off Sicily, which in turn was named after Vulcan, the Roman God of Fire.
Calcium was named after the latin word "Calx" which means lime. It's named after lime because lime is an oxide of calcium. (Oxide is oxygen + something)
"Isle" is a synonym of the English word "island".Specifically, both words designate land which is surrounded by water. An island may be found in a lake, an ocean or a sea. It even may be big enough to be considered a continent, as in the case of Australia.
No, it was named for an Iroquois word that was something like kain-tuk-ee and meant "meadow lands".