antipodean

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æn.ˌtɪp.ə.ˈdi.ən/

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antipodean (not comparable)

1. diametrically opposed
2. relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
3. (informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
   • 2000, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, pages 10–11:

     So there is a certain sense of achievement just in arriving in Australia—a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to step from the airport terminal into dazzling antipodean sunshine […]

• antipodes

antipodean (plural antipodeans)

1. An inhabitant of the antipodes.

• antoecus
• ecumenic
• perioecus