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: of or relating to the southern hemisphere
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capitalized
: australian
aus·tral
au̇-ˈsträl 
plural australes
au̇-ˈsträ-lās
also australs
also australs
: the basic monetary unit of Argentina from 1985 to 1991
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Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
First, the Antarctic cruise season runs through the austral summer, when Antarctica gets up to 24 hours of daylight.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic, 21 June 2022
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Adjective
The days began to run together under the perpetual Sun of austral summer.
—Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
First, the Antarctic cruise season runs through the austral summer, when Antarctica gets up to 24 hours of daylight.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
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
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“Austral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/austral. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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