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south South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

ern', often in reference to the Southern Hemisphere. Austral may also refer to:

Businesses

Austral Líneas Aéreas Cielos del Sur S.A., operating as Austral Líneas Aéreas, more commonly known by its shortened name Austral, was a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It was the second-largest domestic scheduled airlin ...

, an Argentine airline *

Air Austral Air Austral is a French airline, based at the Roland Garros Airport, in the Indian Ocean. It operates scheduled services from Réunion to metropolitan France, South Africa, Thailand, India and a number of destinations in the Indian Ocean ...

, an airline based in Réunion *

Austral (bus manufacturer) Austral was an Australian bus manufacturer in Geebung, Brisbane. History Austral was originally formed as Athol Hedges. It was later renamed Domino Hedges, then Domino before becoming Austral in 1982 when purchased by the Australian Manufactu ...

, a defunct Australian bus body manufacturer

Education

* Austral University, a private university in Argentina *

Universidad Austral de Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Tr ...

, a Chilean traditional university

Entertainment venues

Austral Picture Palace Kilkenny is an inner north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt. It is named after Kilkenny ( Cill Chainnigh), Ireland. History Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land ...

, Kilkenny, South Australia * Austral Picture Theatre, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia * Austral Theatre, Naracoorte, South Australia * The Austral, a pub in

Rundle Street Rundle Street, often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from Rundle Mall, is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street to East Terrace, where it beco ...

, Adelaide, South Australia

Events

* Austral Wheel Race, the world's oldest track bicycle race, held in Victoria, Australia *

Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as "Australs") 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 i ...

, a collegiate debating tournament also known as the "Australs"

Places

Austral, New South Wales Austral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. History The area that now constitutes ...

, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *

Austral Islands The Austral Islands (french: Îles Australes, officially ''Archipel des Australes;'' ty, Tuha'a Pae) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific. Geographically, t ...

, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia *

Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to t ...

, the southernmost region of Chile

Transport

;Motor vehicles *

Austral (automobile) The Austral was a French automobile manufactured in Paris in 1907; the company offered "touring tricar A three-wheeler is a vehicle with three wheels. Some are motorized tricycles, which may be legally classed as motorcycles, while others a ...

, a French car manufactured in 1907 *

Renault Austral The Renault Austral is a compact crossover SUV ( C-segment) manufactured and marketed by Renault. It was unveiled in March 2022 as a successor to the Kadjar, and built on the third-generation CMF-CD platform. It was publicly exhibited for the fi ...

, a compact crossover SUV motor vehicle ;Ships *''

Austral (1881) ''Austral'' was a passenger ship built by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 21 December 1881 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia. She sank at her mooring in Neutral Ba ...

'', a passenger ship that sank in 1882 near Sydney, Australia *''

L'Austral ''L'Austral'' is a cruise ship operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. It is the sister vessel of '' Le Boréal'' and '' Le Soléal'', being the same weight, length and breadth, along with having 132 cabins and suites ...

'', a cruise ship built in 2010

Other uses

Austral language Austral (''Reo Tuha'a pae'') is an endangered Polynesian language or a dialect continuum that is spoken by approximately 8,000 people (1987). It is spoken only on the Austral Islands and the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The language is al ...

, the language of the Austral Islands *

Argentine austral The 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, code point . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in ...

, a former currency of Argentina *

Austral plan The Austral plan was an Argentine economic plan devised by minister Juan Vital Sourrouille during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. Previous context Raúl Alfonsín became president of Argentina in 1983 through democratic elections, receiving hi ...

, an economic plan in Argentina