Southern Crossn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌðn ˈkrɒs/, U.S.

/ˌsəðərn ˈkrɔs/,

/ˌsəðərn ˈkrɑs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: southern adj., cross n.

Etymology: < southern adj. + cross n. Compare crux n. 2.

1. Astronomy. The constellation Crux (see crux n. 2).

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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Crux Australis

crosier1555

cross1555

Southern Cross1681

crux1837

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 40 His Tube once levelled at the Sky, Sundry, yet hid lights doth espy; Some lesser ones, and some more gross, Between the Boars and Southern Cross.

1789 tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Paul & Mary I. 180 It is late; it is already midnight, for the southern cross is upon the horizon.

1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) iv. 178 Of all the constellations that stud the sky of the southern hemisphere, there is none that more strikes a stranger than the Southern Cross.

1880 W. H. Brett Legends & Myths Guiana 190 The Southern Cross is supposed by many clans to represent a Paui bird.

1925 M. Gilmore Tilted Cart 67 But for us in the South, Where the Southern Cross shows, Like a kiss on the mouth The Waratah blows.

2006 R. Bhatal & J. Bhatal Austral. Backyard Astron. iii. 60/1 Our starting point is the Southern Cross. To find the Southern Cross you need to look towards the south.

2. Australian. A blue flag bearing a white cross with a star at the end of each arm and one in the centre (in a stylized depiction of the constellation Crux), used by gold miners during the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria in 1854; the Eureka flag.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > flags of other specific nations

Red Ensign1828

Southern Cross1855

sun flag1882

Eureka flag1896

Vierkleur1900

Blue Ensign1919

1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade xxxvii. 50 There is no flag in old Europe half so beautiful as the ‘Southern Cross’ of the Ballaarat miners.

1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. ii. i. 96 The ‘Southern Cross’ hoisted—a blue bunting that bore the silver stars of the constellation after which it was named.

1984 G. Blainey Our Side of Country 134 They hoisted a republican flag, the Southern Cross, but they were not yet Victorians or Australians in their loyalties and affections.

Phrases

the land of the Southern Cross: (a name for) any of various countries in the southern hemisphere from which the constellation Crux can be seen, esp. Australia or Brazil.

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1857 D. P. Kidder & T. C. Fletcher Brazil & Brazilians 434 We should have to add to the possessions of the United States,..to make it of the same dimensions as the land of the Southern Cross.

1861 Ibis 3 197 It is indeed much to be wished that more of our brethren dwelling in the land of the Southern Cross would interest themselves in natural history;..for the Australasian fauna is doubtless about to undergo considerable changes.

1903 Missionary Rev. of World Nov. 838 In the seventeenth century Hollanders and Huguenots went..to make the Land of the Southern Cross their home, and to plant in South Africa ‘the Church under the Cross’.

1908 Border Mag. Aug. 148/2 Mr Gilchrist set sail in the ship ‘Dunedin’ for the land of the Southern Cross. Arriving at the home of his ‘towney’ in Maori-land, employment was soon obtained.

1952 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 18 465 One of the leading spirits in the revival of interest of the Baptist Church in the Land of the Southern Cross was General A. T. Hawthorne who..was an enthusiastic promoter of Confederate emigration to Brazil.

2007 D. Cahill in A. Paganoni Pastoral Care Ital. in Austral. iii. 86 What was the background of those aging Italians who have given their lives to the Land of the Southern Cross?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	southern cross
释义	Southern Crossn. Brit. /ˌsʌðn ˈkrɒs/, U.S. /ˌsəðərn ˈkrɔs/, /ˌsəðərn ˈkrɑs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: southern adj., cross n. Etymology: < southern adj. + cross n. Compare crux n. 2. 1. Astronomy. The constellation Crux (see crux n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Crux Australis crosier1555 cross1555 Southern Cross1681 crux1837 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 40 His Tube once levelled at the Sky, Sundry, yet hid lights doth espy; Some lesser ones, and some more gross, Between the Boars and Southern Cross. 1789 tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Paul & Mary I. 180 It is late; it is already midnight, for the southern cross is upon the horizon. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) iv. 178 Of all the constellations that stud the sky of the southern hemisphere, there is none that more strikes a stranger than the Southern Cross. 1880 W. H. Brett Legends & Myths Guiana 190 The Southern Cross is supposed by many clans to represent a Paui bird. 1925 M. Gilmore Tilted Cart 67 But for us in the South, Where the Southern Cross shows, Like a kiss on the mouth The Waratah blows. 2006 R. Bhatal & J. Bhatal Austral. Backyard Astron. iii. 60/1 Our starting point is the Southern Cross. To find the Southern Cross you need to look towards the south. 2. Australian. A blue flag bearing a white cross with a star at the end of each arm and one in the centre (in a stylized depiction of the constellation Crux), used by gold miners during the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria in 1854; the Eureka flag. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > flags of other specific nations Red Ensign1828 Southern Cross1855 sun flag1882 Eureka flag1896 Vierkleur1900 Blue Ensign1919 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade xxxvii. 50 There is no flag in old Europe half so beautiful as the ‘Southern Cross’ of the Ballaarat miners. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. ii. i. 96 The ‘Southern Cross’ hoisted—a blue bunting that bore the silver stars of the constellation after which it was named. 1984 G. Blainey Our Side of Country 134 They hoisted a republican flag, the Southern Cross, but they were not yet Victorians or Australians in their loyalties and affections. Phrases the land of the Southern Cross: (a name for) any of various countries in the southern hemisphere from which the constellation Crux can be seen, esp. Australia or Brazil. ΚΠ 1857 D. P. Kidder & T. C. Fletcher Brazil & Brazilians 434 We should have to add to the possessions of the United States,..to make it of the same dimensions as the land of the Southern Cross. 1861 Ibis 3 197 It is indeed much to be wished that more of our brethren dwelling in the land of the Southern Cross would interest themselves in natural history;..for the Australasian fauna is doubtless about to undergo considerable changes. 1903 Missionary Rev. of World Nov. 838 In the seventeenth century Hollanders and Huguenots went..to make the Land of the Southern Cross their home, and to plant in South Africa ‘the Church under the Cross’. 1908 Border Mag. Aug. 148/2 Mr Gilchrist set sail in the ship ‘Dunedin’ for the land of the Southern Cross. Arriving at the home of his ‘towney’ in Maori-land, employment was soon obtained. 1952 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 18 465 One of the leading spirits in the revival of interest of the Baptist Church in the Land of the Southern Cross was General A. T. Hawthorne who..was an enthusiastic promoter of Confederate emigration to Brazil. 2007 D. Cahill in A. Paganoni Pastoral Care Ital. in Austral. iii. 86 What was the background of those aging Italians who have given their lives to the Land of the Southern Cross? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1681
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