down under
Where kangaroos roam
Down under refers to Australia and New Zealand, so named from the perspective of the Northern Hemisphere—these countries appear at the bottom of world maps.
The phrase works as both adverb and noun: They moved down under ten years ago, News from down under.
Informal and affectionate, it appears often in travel writing and casual speech about the region.
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- kangarooPouched Australian leaper
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- OzFictional enchanted kingdom
Australia · outback · Sydney Opera House · flat white · meat pie · reef · Aboriginal culture · Uluru · Treaty of Waitangi · rugby union · Tasman Sea · Southern Hemisphere · didgeridoo · dingo · Aussie · accent · eucalyptus · billabong
- Australasiakangaroo, koala, Sydney, Melbourne, outback
- Downdownhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind, downfall
down, under, underneath, undergo, downward, downs, download, undertaking, downcast