Toogoom means place of rest.
"Gilgandra" is a Wiradjuri aboriginal word meaning "long water hole".
Myola is an Australian aboriginal word, meaning "BREAK of DAY".
The name "Illawarra" is believed to be a corruption of a local aboriginal word, alowrie, meaning "high pleasant place by the sea."
The name Oodnadatta is derived from an Aboriginal word, Utnadata, which means 'blossom of the mulga'.
It is an Aboriginal word meaning "the place of ashes."
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Bega, as in the southern NSW town, gained its named from the aboriginal word meaning "big camping ground".
It is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'shaggy beard'
Coolangatta is not an aboriginal word in its purest form.The word is believed to be an Anglicised derivation of an aboriginal word meaning "beautiful place" or "splendid view". In fact, in 1846, a ship named the Coolangatta was wrecked off the coast nearby, and the region was named in honour of this lost ship.
Platypus is not an Aboriginal word. Instead it comes from the Greek root "Platupous" which means "Flat Footed."
'Nechi' has no meaning in English. It is a Canadian aboriginal word and is sometimes used to signify a person of aboriginal ancestry.
The name Buderim is derived from a Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word, 'badderam', meaning hair pin honeysuckle, a type of Banksia that grows in the area.