Southern Cross

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Proper noun

1. (constellation) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
2. The constellation as a symbol of Australia, New Zealand and various other places in the Southern Hemisphere.

Synonyms

• Crux

Translations

• French: Croix du Sud
• German: Kreuz des Südens
• Italian: Croce del Sud
• Portuguese: Cruzeiro do Sul
• Russian: Ю́жный Крест
• Spanish: Crux, Cruz del Sur

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