Darkinjung

Darkinjung proper noun: a region of coastal New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Darkinjung

A region of coastal New South Wales, Australia.
The extinct language of the people of that region.
- No. 4 represents the country occupied by the tribes speaking the Darkinung, Wannerawa, Warrimee, Wannungine, Dharrook and some other dialects.1898, R. H. Mathews, “Initiation in Australian Tribes”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, volume 37
- The Darkiñung speaking people adjoined the Kamilaroi on the south-east and occupied a considerable range of country in the counties of Hunter, Northumberland and Cook, extending from Wilberforce and Wiseman’s Ferry on the Hawkesbury river, to Jerry’s Plains and Singleton on the Hunter, and...1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and other Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33

Darkinjung pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) The Aboriginal people once associated with that region.
- Another incident, this time from the country of the Darkinung people (near Newcastle, New South Wales) illustrates our point.1995, Tony Swain, Garry Trompf, The Religions of Oceania

What does Darkinjung mean?: Darkinjung means a region of coastal New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Darkinjung?: Darkinjung can be a proper noun or a noun.

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