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churinga

churinga is the alternative form of tjurunga.

Meaning of tjurunga

Noun

tjurunga (plural tjurungas)

  1. (Australia) An object of religious significance among Aboriginal peoples of Central Australia.
    • A tjuringa is usually an oval-ended plaque, carved from stone or mulga wood, and covered with patterns which represent the wanderings of its owner's Dreamtime Ancestor.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 43

Forms of churinga

pluralchuringas

Questions about churinga

What is churinga the alternative form of?
Churinga is the alternative form of tjurunga.

Words near churinga in the dictionary

  1. churidar
  2. churidars
  3. churile
  4. Churilla
  5. Churillas
  6. churinga
  7. churingas
  8. churis
  9. Churiuk
  10. churkey
  11. churkeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churinga (page history and authors); tjurunga (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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