English Explanatory Dictionary

blackgin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Aboriginal woman.
  2. The plant Kingia australis.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 blackgin.ogg

Word forms

blackgin blackgins black gin black-gin gin

Etymology

From black + Dharug dyin (“woman”) (David Nash, "Placenames evidence for NSW pidgin" in Felicity Meakins, Carmel O'Shannessy (eds) Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonization, Walter de Gruyter, 2016, p.133.) https://books.google.ca/books?id=spjUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=%22blackgin%22&source=bl&ots=PAH4wZMnI1&sig=6pQWiSTFpQV6FcU9ZFhRzaTkbbQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim-YfEg9vMAhUK-GMKHccqA_0Q6AEI5AEwLw#v=onepage&q=%22blackgin%22&f=false

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