| 单词 | the land of the southern cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe land of the Southern Cross 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? < as lemmas |
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