austral
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
austral /ˈɒstr(ə)l, ˈɔː-/
▶adjective technical
- 1 of the southern hemisphere.
- 2 (Austral) of Australia or Australasia.
– origin C15: from L. australis, from Auster ‘the south, the south wind’.
'austral' also found in these Oxford entries:
Abo
- alderman
- alter
- Anangu
- anothery
- arvo
- Australopithecus
- Austronesian
- backblocks
- bag
- bagman
- bail
- bangtail muster
- banker
- barbie
- Barcoo
- bardie
- barrack
- base hospital
- basic wage
- beaut
- beg
- beltman
- bib
- billabong
- billycart
- bite
- bitzer
- black stump
- black tracker
- blow-in
- bludge
- bludger
- blue
- bluebottle
- blue heeler
- bluey
- boab
- bobby pin
- bodgie
- bog
- bollocky
- bombora
- bonzer
- boofhead
- boomer
- boong
- bottler
- bowser
