CountriesAustraliaRank 15 of 9811 words9 placesAustralia11 English words in this atlas point back to Australia, spread across 9 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidenceMelbaPeach Melba and Melba toast go back to Melbourne.MelbourneIndirectWell attestedKing Island brown thornbillOne island's thornbill may be down to a few dozen birds in scraps of scrub.King IslandFrom the placeWell attestedMelba toastNamed for a soprano, who was named for Melbourne.MelbourneIndirectWell attestedPeach MelbaThe dessert honors a soprano who built her stage name out of Melbourne.MelbourneIndirectWell attestedRoss River feverNamed for a small river in Townsville where the virus was first trapped.Ross RiverFrom the placeWell attestedTasmanian devilThe devil is named after an island named after a Dutch sea captain.TasmaniaFrom the placeWell attestedaustraliteNASA studied the aerodynamic shape of these glass buttons when designing Apollo re-entry capsules.AustraliaFrom the placeWell attesteddubboAn entire regional city standing in for the phrase country bumpkin.DubboFrom the placeWell attestedin more shit than a Werribee duckMelbourne's sewage has gone to Werribee since 1897, and so have the birds.WerribeeFrom the placeWell attestedminyuliteThe place on the label is a watering hole in the Western Australian wheatbelt.DandaraganFrom the placeWell attestedPitt Street farmerEach Australian capital has its own version of the insult, keyed to its main business street.Pitt StreetFrom the placeWell attestedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12All 98 countries →