Southern Cross

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noun

Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca.Compare Northern Cross.

U.S. History. the battle flag of the Confederate States of America.

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Origin of Southern Cross

1690–1700, for def. 1

Words nearby Southern Cross

Southern Cameroons, southern cane, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, southern cornstalk borer, southern crab apple, Southern Cross, Southern Crown, southerner, Southern Fish, Southern-fried, southern fur seal

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How to use Southern Cross in a sentence

Pattern Energy, a renewable energy company has proposed the Southern Cross transmission line that would connect Texas to the Southeast Electric Reliability Council.
The US could reliably run on clean energy by 2050|Nikita Amir|December 20, 2021|Popular-Science
Helen Clark, a former prime minister, suggested removing the Union Jack but keeping the Southern Cross on a blue background.
New Zealand Wants A Middle Earth Flag|Nico Hines|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Greig launched a claim against Southern Cross Austereo in July, claiming it failed to maintain a safe workplace.
Kate Prank Call DJ Resigns|Tom Sykes|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The men from the land of the Southern Cross are used to gorgeous sunsets, but never had we looked upon anything like this.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)|A. G. Hales

Before him, in the glimmering light of the mystic Southern Cross, the great river crept unctuously, silently to the sea.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
With these words Robinson dived into the wood, steering due east by the Southern Cross.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Overhead, by the Southern Cross, a black patch shows in the sky.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
I always did want to see the Southern Cross and the stars as big as gas-lamps.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, January 1904, No. 157|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Southern Cross

Southern Cross

noun

a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The four brightest stars form a cross, the longer arm of which points to the south celestial poleFormal names: Crux, Crux Australis

Australian the flag flown at the Eureka Stockade

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Scientific definitions for Southern Cross

Southern Cross

[ sŭð′ərn ]

A constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near Centaurus.