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ballander

ballander is the alternative form of balanda.

Meaning of balanda

Noun

balanda (plural balandas or balanda)

  1. (Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) A white person, a European.
    • They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it.1845, Ludwig Leichhardt, Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia

Forms of ballander

pluralballanders

Questions about ballander

What is ballander the alternative form of?
Ballander is the alternative form of balanda.

Words near ballander in the dictionary

  1. ballanced
  2. ballances
  3. ballancing
  4. ballanda
  5. ballandas
  6. ballander
  7. ballanders
  8. Ballangeich
  9. ballans
  10. Ballantine
  11. Ballantines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballander (page history and authors); balanda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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