English Explanatory Dictionary

Nyunga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An indigenous people of southwestern Australia.
name
  1. The Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language, or group of related languages or dialects, spoken by the Nyunga.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Nyunga people or their language or culture.

Pronunciation

/ˈnʊŋa/ /ˈnjuːŋɡə/

Word forms

Nyunga Noonga Noongah Noongar Nyoongah Nyoongar Nyungah Nyuunga

Etymology

Borrowed from Nyunga nungar (“a person, a man”).

Derived words

Nyungan
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary