brolga
brolga noun: a large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
Noun
brolga (plural brolgas)
- A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
- But he did not value Red Ochre simply as a grazing-lease. At times it was to him six hundred square miles where grazing grew and brolgas danced in the painted sunset and emus ran to the silver dawn […].1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 90
- We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 241
- Synonyms:
- Australian crane, native companion
brolga meaning in Tamil and Bengali
brolga in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
brolga in Bengali
- an Australian crane
- ব্রল্গা brolga
Synonyms of brolga
- Australian crane
- native companion
Forms of brolga
| plural | brolgas |
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Origin of brolga
From Gamilaraay burralga.
Questions about brolga
- What does brolga mean?
- Brolga means a large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
- What is brolga in Tamil?
- Brolga in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Brolga meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brolga?
- Brolga is a noun.
- What is the plural of brolga?
- The plural of brolga is brolgas.
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