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Thread #10508 Message #73500
Posted By: The_one_and_only_Dai
26-Apr-99 - 11:03 AM
Thread Name: Place names
Subject: RE: Place names
Steve Latimer: Australia is, I believe, from the latin 'Australis' meaning 'southern'. Oppo of 'Borealis'. cf 'Occidens' and 'Oriens'...
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