australes

Variant of austral

austral definition

aus·tral (ôs′trəl; for n. ôs träl′)

adjective

  1. southern; southerly
  2. Australian

Etymology: L australis, southern < auster, south wind, the south: for IE base see east; shift in meaning from “east” prob. due to false assumption concerning direction of axis of Italy

noun pl. australes -·tra′·les (-trä′lās)

the former basic monetary unit of Argentina

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