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austral-

austral- prefix: southern.

Prefix (1)

austral-

  1. Southern.

Prefix (2) capitalized: Austral-

Austral-

  1. Alternative letter-case form of austral- (“southern”).

Forms of austral-

alternative formAustral-
alternative formaustral-

Origin of austral-

From Latin australis (“southern”), from Latin auster (“south wind”).

Questions about austral-

What does austral- mean?
Austral- means southern.
What part of speech is austral-?
Austral- is a prefix.

Words near austral- in the dictionary

  1. Austral Island
  2. Austral Islands
  3. Austral Ocean
  4. austral parakeet
  5. austral parakeets
  6. austral-
  7. Austral.
  8. Australasia
  9. Australasian
  10. Australasian figbird
  11. Australasian figbirds

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: austral- (page history and authors); Austral- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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