Definition of Southern Cross. Meaning of Southern Cross. Synonyms of Southern Cross

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Definition of Southern Cross

Southern Cross
Southern South"ern (?; 277), a. [AS. s??ern. See South.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.

Meaning of Southern Cross from wikipedia

- of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of...
- Look up Southern Cross in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Southern Cross or Crux is a star group visible mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. It has...
- Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television...
- The Southern Cross may refer to: The Southern Cross (Argentina), an Argentine newspaper by Patrick Joseph Dillon (1842-1889), a Roman Catholic priest...
- Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta...
- The National Order of the Southern Cross (Portuguese: Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul) is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on...
- The Southern Cross is a Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane that was flown by Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and James...
- Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (****anese: 超時空騎団サザンクロス, Hepburn: Chōjikū Kidan Sazan Kurosu) is a ****anese science fiction mecha anime TV series...
- The Southern Cross or Crux, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere, is depicted on flags and coats of arms of various countries and sub-national...
- The Southern Cross Expedition, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic...