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bunyah

bunyah is the alternative form of bunya.

Meaning of bunya

Noun (1)

bunya (plural bunyas)

  1. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
    • The palm takes the place of the eucalyptus to a certain extent, and the woods teem with the bunya-bunya, — a very desirable and ornamental tree, which belongs to the pine family.1887, Maturin Murray Ballou, Under the Southern Cross

Noun (2)

bunya (plural bunyas)

  1. (India, dated) A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.

Noun (3)

bunya (plural bunyas)

  1. A traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish
    Synonyms:
    bougna, bunia

Proper noun capitalized: Bunyah

Bunyah

  1. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of bunyah

pluralbunyahs

Questions about bunyah

What does bunyah mean?
Bunyah means a locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
What is bunyah the alternative form of?
Bunyah is the alternative form of bunya.
What part of speech is bunyah?
Bunyah is a proper noun.

Words near bunyah in the dictionary

  1. Bunuelian
  2. Bunun
  3. bunya
  4. bunya pine
  5. bunya pines
  6. bunyah
  7. bunyah-bunyah
  8. bunyahs
  9. bunyak
  10. bunyaks
  11. Bunyan

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