List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

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These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang. Many such words have also become loan words in other languages beyond English.

Other loan words are not generally known beyond Australia, but are valuable parts of Australian English vocabulary.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents

  • gin
  • gunyah
  • humpy (a hut)
  • lubra
  • mia-mia

Main article: List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin

  • Kylie (Noongar word for "throwing stick")
  • Narelle (possibly a back-formation of Sydney suburb Narellan)

For a list of words with Australian Aboriginal language origins, see the Australian Aboriginal derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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