Austral

aws′tral, adj. southern.— adj. Austral asian (aws-tral-ā′zhi-an), pertaining to Austral asia, or the islands and island-groups that lie to the south of Asia.— n. a native or colonist of one of these.— adj. Austrā′lian , of or pertaining to Australia, a large island between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.— n. an aboriginal native of Australia proper, later also a white colonist or resident. [L. australis — auster , the south wind.]