Word Study
Austral
CIDE DICTIONARY
Austral, a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral.].
- Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. [1913 Webster]
- Designating, or pertaining to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Austral, adj.
1 southern.
2 (Austral) of Australia or Australasia ( Austral English).
1 southern.
2 (Austral) of Australia or Australasia ( Austral English).
Etymology
ME f. L australis f. Auster south wind
ROGET THESAURUS
Austral
Contraposition
N contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.For further exploring for "Austral" in Webster Dictionary Online