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corroboree

/kəˈɹɒbəɹi/

corroboree noun: a nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.

Noun

corroboree (plural corroborees)

  1. A nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.
    • A hundred yards or so away the throaty beat of a didgeridoo drifted down from some ancient corroboree, a splendid accompaniment to the music of the night1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 2005, page 231
  2. A song or chant made for such a festivity.
    • He reached home, and lived long enough to hear the natives wailing in a Death Corroboree over his late comrade.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, page 52
  3. Any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.

corroboree meaning in Bengali

corroboree in Bengali

অস্ট্রেলীয় আদিবাসীদের দ্বারা সামাজিক, যেকোনো শোরগোলপূর্ণ, গভীর রাতের সমাবেশ, বিশৃঙ্খলা

Forms of corroboree

pluralcorroborees
alternative formcorrobboree
alternative formcorrobori
alternative formcorrobory

Origin of corroboree

Borrowed from Dharug garabara.

Words formed from corroboree

Phrases with corroboree

Questions about corroboree

What does corroboree mean?
Corroboree means a nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.
What is corroboree in Bengali?
Corroboree in Bengali is অস্ট্রেলীয় আদিবাসীদের দ্বারা সামাজিক, যেকোনো শোরগোলপূর্ণ, গভীর রাতের সমাবেশ. See Corroboree meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is corroboree?
Corroboree is a noun.
How do you pronounce corroboree?
Corroboree is pronounced /kəˈɹɒbəɹi/.
What is the plural of corroboree?
The plural of corroboree is corroborees.

Words near corroboree in the dictionary

  1. corroboratively
  2. corroboratives
  3. corroborator
  4. corroborators
  5. corroboratory
  6. corroboree
  7. corroboree frog
  8. corroboree frogs
  9. corroborees
  10. corrobories
  11. corrobory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corroboree (page history and authors); corroboree (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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