Relating to or located in the south, particularly the southern hemisphere or regions near the South Pole.
From Latin 'australis,' derived from 'auster' (the south wind). The word passed through Old French before entering English in the medieval period.
Austral is the southern cousin of 'boreal' (northern). Ancient geographers thought in terms of wind-bearers—the North Wind (Boreas) and South Wind (Auster)—and these mythological wind gods became geographical direction markers in our language.
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