澳大利亚一词，意即“南方大陆”，欧洲人在17世纪初叶发现这块大陆时，误以为是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”。

Australian word, which means "South China", the Europeans in the early 17th century when the discovery of the continent, mistakenly thought it was a straight land in Antarctica, so called "Australia.

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澳大利亚一词，意即“南方大陆”，欧洲人在17世纪初叶发现这块大陆时，误以为是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”。

Australian word, which means "South China", the Europeans in the early 17th century when the discovery of the continent, mistakenly thought it was a straight land in Antarctica, so called "Australia.

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