austral
1[aw-struh l]
adjective
(initial capital letter) Australian.
Origin of austral
1austral
2[ous-trahl]
noun, plural aus·tra·les [ous-trah-les] /aʊsˈtrɑ lɛs/.
Origin of austral
2From Spanish; see origin at austral1
Austral
Austral.
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Related Words for austral
blistering, red-hot, scorching, arid, sizzling, sweltering, blazing, stifling, parched, sultry, boiling, broiling, burning, dried, dry, fiery, heated, tropic, tropical, scaldingExamples from the Web for austral
Historical Examples of austral
Other species are exclusively tropical or austral in their range.
Whilst that in the other hemisphere he calls south, austral or antarctic.
Makers of ElectricityBrother Potamian
Certainly he was not on board the Austral, as I took my passage in her to Adelaide.
Christopher Crayon's RecollectionsJ. Ewing Ritchie
I reckon that we are not more than two hundred and fifty miles from the Austral Group.
Maori and SettlerG. A. Henty
Joseph Hall's new world is also figured as an Austral Continent.
Ideal CommonwealthsVarious
austral
1adjective
Word Origin for austral
C14: from Latin austrālis, from auster the south wind
austral
2noun plural -trales (-trɑːlɛs)
Word Origin for austral
from Spanish; see austral 1
Austral.
abbreviation for
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austral
[ô′strəl]
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