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Healesville

Healesville proper noun: a town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun

Healesville

  1. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia.
    • Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone.2008 March 2, “Captive platypus twins make history”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2008

Origin of Healesville

From Heales + -ville, named after Richard Heales, a former Premier of Victoria.

Questions about Healesville

What does Healesville mean?
Healesville means a town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia.
What part of speech is Healesville?
Healesville is a proper noun.

Words near Healesville in the dictionary

  1. healees
  2. healend
  3. healer
  4. healers
  5. healest
  6. Healesville
  7. healeth
  8. Healey
  9. Healey's first law of holes
  10. Healey's law
  11. Healeyfield

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