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auro⋅ra aus⋅tra⋅lis

[aw-strey-lis]
–noun Meteorology.
the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere.
Also called southern lights.


Origin:
1735–45; < NL: southern aurora; see austral
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aurora aus·tra·lis   (ô-strā'lĭs)   
n.   pl. aurora aus·tra·lis·es (-lĭ-sĭz) or aurorae australis
An aurora that occurs in southern regions of the earth. Also called southern lights.

[New Latin aurōra austrālis : Latin aurōra, dawn + Latin austrālis, southern.]
southern lights  
pl.n.  See aurora australis.
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southern lights  
See under aurora.
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