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Crux en · PROPN

Pronunciation

/kɹʌks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crux (“a cross”).

Meanings

A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

Deriveds

Gacrux · Becrux · Cru · Crucis · Acrux

Synonyms

wikipedia: Crux