Austral
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Austral may refer to:
- Austral IslandsAustral IslandsThe Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific. Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelagos, namely in the northwest the Tubuai Islands consisting of the Îles Maria, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai...
, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia - Austral languageAustral languageAustral is a Polynesian language spoken by about 8000 people on the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is being supplanted by Tahitian....
, the language of the Austral Islands - Austral, New South WalesAustral, New South WalesAustral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Austral is located 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool....
, a suburb of Sydney, Australia - Argentine australArgentine australThe austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...
, a former currency of Argentina - Austral Líneas AéreasAustral Líneas AéreasAustral Líneas Aéreas , more commonly known by its shortened name Austral, is a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It is the second largest domestic scheduled airline in the country, after Aerolíneas Argentinas itself...
, an Argentinian airline - Air AustralAir AustralAir Austral is a French airline with its headquarters at Roland Garros Airport in Sainte-Marie, Réunion, France. The airline's main base of flight operations is Roland Garros Airport. It operates scheduled services from Réunion to France, South Africa, Australia, New Caledonia, and a number of...
, an airline based in Réunion - Austral (automobile)Austral (automobile)The Austral was a French automobile manufactured in Paris in 1907; the company offered "touring tricars" and motorized delivery tricycles....
, a French automobile manufactured in 1907 - Austral University, an Argentine university
- Universidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileSouthern University of Chile is a research university in Chile based in Valdivia although it has some institutions and careers in Puerto Montt. Founded by decree on 7 September 1954 it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Universities...
, a Chilean traditional university - Austral Wheel RaceAustral Wheel RaceThe Austral Wheel Race is the oldest track bicycle race in the world still existing, stretching back to 1887. The Austral race is Australia’s greatest track cycling event. It is held in Melbourne, riders assigned handicaps according to ability over a series of heats. The finals are run over...
, the world's oldest track bicycle race, held in Victoria, Australia - Australasian Intervarsity Debating ChampionshipsAustralasian Intervarsity Debating ChampionshipsThe Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships is an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in the Australasian region. It is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship , and one of the largest annual...
, a collegiate debating tournament also known as the "Australs" - SouthSouthSouth is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the bottom side of a map is south....
, or of the Southern HemisphereSouthern HemisphereThe Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
, often referred to by the adjective "Austral"