austral
adjective
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austral
1 American
[aw-struhl]
/ ˈɔ strəl /
austral
2
American
[ous-trahl]
/ aʊsˈtrɑl /
noun
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australes
plural
Austral
3
American
abbreviation
Austral.
4
American
abbreviation
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Australasia.
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Australia.
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Australian.
austral
1
British
/ aʊˈstrɑːl /
noun
Austral.
2
British
abbreviation
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Australasia
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Australia(n)
austral
3
British
/ ˈɔːstrəl /
adjective
austral
Scientific
/ ô′strəl /
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of austral1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin austrālis southern, equivalent to Aust ( e ) r Auster + -ālis -al 1
Origin of austral2
From Spanish; see origin at austral 1
Explanation
Anything austral refers to the south. An austral wind is a southern wind. This word has to do with direction. One of the most southern countries in the world is Australia, which might help you remember the meaning of austral: from the south or related to the south. Often, this word has to do with austral wind, which comes from the south. You could talk about the austral (southern) migration of birds.
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Researchers later determined that the remaining ice was still grounded during the 2022 austral spring based on earthquakes detected beneath the glacier.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
This summer NSF decided to cancel or curtail 67—more than half—of the 131 projects and activities funded for the 2023–24 austral summer after concluding it couldn’t provide them with the necessary logistical support.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2023
“It is noteworthy that these record temperatures occurred before the beginning of the austral summer season, making them particularly exceptional,” the group wrote.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 15, 2023
Tomine is a devotee of fishing the austral summer in South America’s Patagonia, from which he had just returned when he spoke to The Seattle Times in early April.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
On the whole, the upper austral province may be said to have a warm temperate climate, in which the summer season is longer and more pronounced in its characteristics 197 than the winter season.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
The findings describing the species and its conservation outlook were published in the journal Austral Ecology.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
The friends cycled south along the whole length of a road called Carretera Austral.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
He; Guillermo D'Elía, a systematist and mammalogist at the Austral University of Chile; and other South American colleagues went on their first 3-week expedition in 2020.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
Fonseca and McDowell discuss their continuous working relationship, the creative process of translation itself, and their latest collaboration on the book Austral.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2023
Every one who sailed the Austral seas between the "fifties" and "seventies," and thousands who had not, knew of him and had heard tales of him.
From A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 by Louis Becke
They typically convert their currency -- pesos, cruzados or australes -- into U.S. dollars, because they are a better store of value.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the solicitation of his friend Buffon, he undertook his Histoire des navigations aux terres australes, which was published in 1756, in two vols. 4to, with maps.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The aurora borealia, or rather, the polar aurora,—for there are aurorae australes as well as aurorae boreales,—has been an object of wonder and admiration from time immemorial.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various
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