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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
aurora australis
 
SYLLABICATION:aurora aus·tra·lis
PRONUNCIATION:  ô-strls
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. aurora aus·tra·lis·es (-l-sz) or aurorae australis
An aurora that occurs in southern regions of the earth. Also called southern lights.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin aurra austrlis : Latin aurra, dawn + Latin austrlis, southern.
 
 
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