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The suffix "up" used on the end of some aboriginal place names in Australia means "near water".
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What does up mean in aboriginal place names?
The suffix "up" used on the end of some aboriginal place names in Australia means "near water".
What does Toronto mean in aboriginal?
A Meeting Place
What does nindooinbah mean?
It is an Aboriginal word meaning "the place of ashes."
What does amaroo mean in aboriginal?
Amaroo means "a beautiful place".
Where is the aboriginal place of worship?
The aboriginal place of worship is in a sylvan temple.
What were the spirits the aboriginal people believed in?
aboriginal mean the original inhabitants. In order to connect you with the right mythology we have to know which place you are talking about.
What does Canberry mean?
Canberry is derived from an aboriginal word meaning "meeting place".
What does 'waurn' mean?
Some believe it derives from an aboriginal word meaning 'camp', but others think it it a misspelling of the name "Warren". As in the US, Australian topography has many surname-derived place names.
What does the aboriginal name Ballarat mean?
Ballarat's name derives from two aboriginal words meaning a camping or resting place - "Balla" meaning elbow, or reclining on the elbow, and "Arat" meaning place.
Names of aboriginal tools?
spear
What are some Australian towns and their aboriginal meanings?
There are hundreds of Australian towns and city suburbs with aboriginal names. Some of them include:CanberraCunnamullaTarragindiKoongalookaNunawadingBoggabriGulgongIndooroopillyWarrnamboolKoo-wee-rupBanjupCoorparooMudjimbaRupanyupJoondalupMilperraMilparinkaJennacubbineKongarongBoggabillaWooliGunnedahWollongongWyandra
What does the place name joonalup mean in the Aboriginal language?
It is uncertain what the name Joondalup means, but it has been variously translated as "place of whiteness or glistening" or "place of a creature that can only move backwards". The word comes from the Noongar aboriginal language of Western Australia.
