galah
/ɡəˈlɑː/
galah noun: a member of species Eolophus roseicapilla of pink and grey species of cockatoos, native to Australia.
Noun
galah (plural galahs)
- A member of species Eolophus roseicapilla of pink and grey species of cockatoos, native to Australia.
- The change is pleasant in many ways; the grass is better and there is a good road to travel on; pigeons in crowds fly all around, galahs and other birds make merry everywhere.1879 September 27, The Queenslander, Brisbane, page 397, column 1
- There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 434
- A fool, an idiot.
- That galah nearly drove me off the road.
- ‘Don′t just stand there, you great galah, lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’1991, Patricia Shaw, River of the Sun, unnumbered page
- Synonyms:
- drongo
galah meaning in Tamil
galah in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Examples of galah in a sentence
- The Galah has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002).2005, David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, Practical Conservation Biology, page 175:
- Yet the beauty of Galahs is still often underappreciated.2024, Russell McGregor, Enchantment by Birds, Melbourne: Scribe, page 16:
- ‘[…]Then you will strut around like a great galah tryin′ to impress the sheilas about what a fuckin′ big iron ore miner you are.’2006, John Chalmers, The Professional Guest, page 13:
- I am here to help you.' (NICKY sneezes) / Sam: 'You called this galah?'2020, "Moments of Silence", in Taskmaster, series 10, episode 8, Channel 4, character scripts in The Smart Steak
Synonyms of galah
Forms of galah
| plural | galahs |
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Origin of galah
From Gamilaraay gilaa. * (fool): A connection with Malay gila (“mad”) has been suggested, but this explanation has not gained acceptance. ]
Words formed from galah
Phrases with galah
Words that rhyme with galah
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about galah
- What does galah mean?
- Galah means a member of species Eolophus roseicapilla of pink and grey species of cockatoos, native to Australia.
- What is galah in Tamil?
- Galah in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Galah meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use galah in a sentence?
- The Galah has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002).
- What part of speech is galah?
- Galah is a noun.
- How do you pronounce galah?
- Galah is pronounced /ɡəˈlɑː/.
- What is the plural of galah?
- The plural of galah is galahs.
Words near galah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: galah (page history and authors); galah (Tamil 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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