What does southern cross mean?

southern cross means "a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus".

What is another word for southern cross?

Close synonyms include Crux, Crux Australis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is southern cross a common word?

southern cross is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

southern cross — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
SynonymsCrux Crux Australis
Broaderconstellation
Part ofMilky Way

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What does southern cross mean?: southern cross means "a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus".
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