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Eucla

Eucla proper noun: a small settlement and locality in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, in the far south-east of Western Australia, close to the border with South Australia.

eucla: a small settlement and locality in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, in the far...
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Proper noun

Eucla

  1. A small settlement and locality in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, in the far south-east of Western Australia, close to the border with South Australia.
    • On the easternmost edge of Western Australia, where it borders South Australia, the official time in the tiny town of Eucla is 45 minutes ahead of the rest of Western Australia (WA) and 45 minutes behind Southern^([sic]) Australia (SA).2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68

Questions about Eucla

What does Eucla mean?
Eucla means a small settlement and locality in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, in the far south-east of Western Australia, close to the border with South Australia.
What part of speech is Eucla?
Eucla is a proper noun.

Words near Eucla in the dictionary

  1. euchrœa
  2. euchymy
  3. eucinetid
  4. eucinetids
  5. Euckenian
  6. Eucla
  7. euclase
  8. euclases
  9. Euclataw
  10. Euclid
  11. Euclid's algorithm

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