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coolibar

coolibar is the alternative spelling of coolibah.

Meaning of coolibah

Noun

coolibah (plural coolibahs)

  1. Any of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia, in particular Eucalyptus microtheca.
    • Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,
      Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
      And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling,
      'Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda, with me.'1895, “Waltzing Matilda”, Banjo Paterson (lyrics)

Forms of coolibar

pluralcoolibars

Questions about coolibar

What is coolibar the alternative spelling of?
Coolibar is the alternative spelling of coolibah.

Words near coolibar in the dictionary

  1. coolhunters
  2. coolhunting
  3. cooli
  4. coolibah
  5. coolibahs
  6. coolibar
  7. coolibars
  8. Coolidge
  9. Coolidge effect
  10. Coolidge effects
  11. Coolidge tube

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coolibar (page history and authors); coolibah (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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