Why those 2 countries have similar names, in spite of different location, history, language.....?
2007-09-27 15:40:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Austria is an older country based on the Holy Roman Empire and Hapsburg Empires. Its name is actually a latinized version of the Germanic language name Osterreich.
Austrailia is a younger country based on the English penal colonies that were created there. Its name derives from the latin word "Australis" meaning The South
They have no physical relation.
2007-09-27 16:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ask A Black Guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No not unless you start to really reach for connections. Australia started off as a prision colony for the UK, and it's name comes from latin, while Austria is a name that was modernized from old germanic language. hope that helps.
2007-09-27 15:46:11 · answer #2 · answered by hiller128 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They only sound the same in the English language. In case you didn´t know, there are many other languages out there in the world.
2007-09-27 16:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by Suddenly Me 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
there is actually.
early explorers under the aegis of an Austrian empire.
I live in oz but only found this out recently.
2007-09-27 17:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Austrians are Germanic people and Australia was formed by European setters mostly from England
2007-09-27 15:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by Hector 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The latin root of both words means south.
2007-09-27 17:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well...... At least they're both on planet Earth......
Doug
2007-09-27 15:45:03 · answer #7 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋