bombora
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- bomboora (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Australian Aboriginal, most likely Dharug, bumbora (“a current off Dobroyd Head, Port Jackson”). [1][2]
Noun [edit]
bombora (plural bomboras)
- (Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.
- 1963, Patrick Gordon Taylor, The Sky Beyond, page 269,
- The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora.
- 2008, Yvette Allum, The Lonely Sea, unnumbered page,
- It took Sue Dockar a good half hour to swim out to her target bombora, a moderate swim in spearfishing terms.
- 2012, Phil Jarratt, Australia's Hottest 100 Surfing Legends, unnumbered page,
- He was also considered to be one of Australia's best big-wave riders, tackling the Queenscliff and Bare Island bomboras on the very biggest days.
- 1963, Patrick Gordon Taylor, The Sky Beyond, page 269,
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References [edit]
- ^ 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter XV, section 3, page 321.
- ^ 1933 May 27, The Bulletin, page 24, quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6 — Bombora is an aboriginal word applied to the high-crested wave which breaks ... over submerged rocks near the coastline.
