Southern Cross

English Crux thumb|150px|Southern Cross (Crux) Pronunciation en /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-Southern_Cross.wav AU Proper noun Southern Cross 1 en constellation A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania. en Crux en 1887 Harriet W. Daly Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia 167 The stars had not quite faded out of the sky, and the Southern Cross was still shining faintly in the heavens; the jungle all round was very still, just as if Nature was waiting to introduce the busy hum of life till the last solemn scene was over. The constellation as a symbol of Australia, New Zealand and various other places in the Southern Hemisphere. Proper noun southern cross + (disambiguation)#Places en place c/Australia: en rural locality in r:Suf/Charters Towers northern s/Queensland. en locality shire:Pref/Moyne south-west s/Victoria. en town shire:Pref/Yilgarn s/Western Australia. Translations constellation Afrikaans: af Suiderkruis Arabic: ar صَلِيب اَلْجَنُوب m Bulgarian: bg южен кръст m Catalan: ca Creu del Sud f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南十字座, cmn 南十字星 Danish: da Sydkorset Dutch: nl Zuiderkruis n Esperanto: eo Suda Kruco Finnish: fi Etelän risti French: fr Croix du Sud f Galician: gl Cruz do Sur German: de Kreuz des Südens n Greek: el Σταυρός του Νότου m Hindi: hi त्रिशंकु Hungarian: hu Dél Keresztje Irish: ga Cros f an Chros, ga Cros an Deiscirt f Italian: it Croce del Sud f Japanese: ja 南十字星 Minami-jūjisei, ja みなみじゅうじ座 Minami-jūjisei Kazakh: kk Оңтүстік Крест Korean: ko ^남십자성(南十字星), ko ^남십자(南十字)자리 Malay: ms bintang pari, ms bintang tohok, ms palang selatan Māori: mi Te Punga, mi Te Taki-o-Autahi, mi Māhutonga Mokilese: mkj lohpwu Old Tupi: tpw Krusá Pohnpeian: pon pwuhpw Polish: pl Krzyż Południa m Portuguese: pt Cruzeiro do Sul m Russian: ru Ю́жный Крест m Spanish: es Crux f, es Cruz del Sur f Tagalog: tl Timugang Paripa, tl Kamaliing Vietnamese: vi Nam Thập Tự, vi Nam Tào, vi Chữ Thập Phương Nam, vi Nam Thập See also en Northern Cross en Flags