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AUSTRAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("austral" is a kind of...):
Argentine monetary unit (monetary unit in Argentina)
Meronyms (parts of "austral"):
centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the south or coming from the south
Example:
sailed the austral seas
Classified under:
Similar:
southern (situated in or coming from regions of the south)
