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Howlong

Howlong proper noun: a town in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Howlong

  1. A town in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Howlong

Apparently named from a local property called Hoolong owned by Isaac Rudd, from an Aboriginal place name meaning "beginning of the plains".

Questions about Howlong

What does Howlong mean?
Howlong means a town in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Howlong?
Howlong is a proper noun.

Words near Howlong in the dictionary

  1. howling on
  2. howling out
  3. howlingly
  4. howlings
  5. howlite
  6. Howlong
  7. howlround
  8. howls
  9. howls at the moon
  10. howls down
  11. howls on

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