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Boreal vs. Austral

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Borealadjective

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

Australadjective

Of, relating to, or coming from the south.

‘an austral migrant’;

Borealadjective

Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

‘So from their own clear north in radiant streams,Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn.’;

Australnoun

A former currency of Argentina.

Borealadjective

Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; - equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.

Australadjective

Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.

Borealadjective

relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind

Australadjective

Designating, or pertaining to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts.

Borealadjective

toward or located in the north;

‘the boreal signs of the Zodiac’;

Australnoun

the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos

Borealadjective

comprising or throughout far northern regions

Australadjective

relating to or coming from the south;

‘austral winds’;

Australadjective

of the south or coming from the south;

‘sailed the austral seas’;

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