mia mia
mia mia noun: an aboriginal shelter made from bark, a gunya.
Noun
mia mia (plural mia mias)
- An aboriginal shelter made from bark, a gunya.
- On the point of this “spear” they erected what looked like a mia-mia, a hut made of branches by the blacks ; across the road opposite to it the trunk of a tree was dragged, leaving a narrow track along which the escort must defile.1913, William Henry Fitchett, The New World of the South: Australia in the Making, 2006 Elibron Classics, page 391
- Decorated with this mop of hair and the chaplet, the girl was led by her father to the mia-mia and put inside this with the four boys.1914, Baldwin Spencer, Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia, Cambridge University Press, published 2010, page 109
Proper noun capitalized: Mia Mia
Mia Mia
- A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia
Synonyms of mia mia
Forms of mia mia
| plural | mia mias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mia-mia |
Origin of mia mia
Borrowed from Kurnai mai-mai or Wathaurong [Term?].
Questions about mia mia
- What does mia mia mean?
- Mia mia means an aboriginal shelter made from bark, a gunya.
- What part of speech is mia mia?
- Mia mia can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of mia mia?
- The plural of mia mia is mia mias.
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