"Southern Cross" meaning in English

See Southern Cross in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-Southern_Cross.wav [Australia] Forms: the Southern Cross [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Southern Cross}} the Southern Cross
  1. (astronomy) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania. Categories (topical): Constellations, Flags
    Sense id: en-Southern_Cross-en-name-80HAtr59 Disambiguation of Flags: 58 42 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. The constellation as a symbol of Australia, New Zealand and various other places in the Southern Hemisphere.
    Sense id: en-Southern_Cross-en-name-DMUrMmqS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Crux Related terms: Northern Cross Translations (constellation): Suiderkruis (Afrikaans), صَلِيب اَلْجَنُوب (ṣalīb al-janūb) [masculine] (Arabic), южен кръст (južen krǎst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Creu del Sud [feminine] (Catalan), 南十字座 (Nán Shízìzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 南十字星 (Nán Shízìxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Sydkorset (Danish), Zuiderkruis [neuter] (Dutch), Etelän risti (Finnish), Croix du Sud [feminine] (French), Cruz do Sur (Galician), Kreuz des Südens [neuter] (German), Σταυρός του Νότου (Stavrós tou Nótou) [masculine] (Greek), Dél Keresztje (Hungarian), an Chros [feminine] (Irish), Cros an Deiscirt [feminine] (Irish), Croce del Sud [feminine] (Italian), 南十字星 (Minami-jūjisei) (alt: みなみじゅうじせい) (Japanese), 남십자성 (Namsipjaseong) (alt: 南十字星) (Korean), bintang pari (Malay), bintang tohok (Malay), palang selatan (Malay), Te Punga (Maori), Te Taki-o-Autahi (Maori), Krzyż Południa [masculine] (Polish), Cruzeiro do Sul [masculine] (Portuguese), Ю́жный Крест (Júžnyj Krest) [masculine] (Russian), Crux [feminine] (Spanish), Cruz del Sur [feminine] (Spanish), Timugang Paripa (Tagalog), Nam Thập Tự (Vietnamese), Nam Tào (Vietnamese), Chữ Thập Phương Nam (Vietnamese), Nam Thập (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'constellation': 48 52

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Crux"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cruz del Sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Timugang Paripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Nam Thập Tự"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Nam Tào"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Chữ Thập Phương Nam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Nam Thập"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Crux"
  ],
  "word": "Southern Cross"
}

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