austral
1 of 3adjective
aus·tral ˈȯ-strəl 
ˈä-
1
: of or relating to the southern hemisphere
2
capitalized : australian
austral
2 of 3noun
aus·tral au̇-ˈsträl
plural australes au̇-ˈsträ-lās also australs
also australs : the basic monetary unit of Argentina from 1985 to 1991
Austral
3 of 3abbreviation
Australia
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 This being the tail end of austral summer, temperatures hovered just above freezing. Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022 Frederick Albert Cook, the physician aboard the Belgica, during the austral winter of 1898. Julian Sancton, Time, 12 May 2021 Adult whales socialize at both the Auckland and Campbell Islands during the austral winter. Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020 Tourism in Antarctica is booming, with visitor numbers this austral summer expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from last season. Tom Wright-piersanti, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020 Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020 Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020 During the current austral summer, which runs from roughly November to March, visitor numbers to Antarctica are expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from the previous season. Paige Mcclanahan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic, 21 June 2022 See More
Adjective
The tree's large pine nuts are a favorite food of austral parakeets as well as the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina -- and both could help the evergreens survive. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 This being the tail end of austral summer, temperatures hovered just above freezing. Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022 Frederick Albert Cook, the physician aboard the Belgica, during the austral winter of 1898. Julian Sancton, Time, 12 May 2021 Adult whales socialize at both the Auckland and Campbell Islands during the austral winter. Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020 Tourism in Antarctica is booming, with visitor numbers this austral summer expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from last season. Tom Wright-piersanti, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020 Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020 Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020 During the current austral summer, which runs from roughly November to March, visitor numbers to Antarctica are expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from the previous season. Paige Mcclanahan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020 Noun
Carlos Menem, president from 1989 to 1999, introduced a bill cutting four zeros off the austral and renaming it the peso, attempting to parallel Argentina’s monetary system to the U.S. dollar. Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic, 21 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Latin australis, from Austr-, Auster
Noun
Spanish
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1985, in the meaning defined above