minga
minga noun: a tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.
Noun
minga (plural minga)
- A tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.
- To have Uluru interpreted by an Anangu guide is far more fulfilling than trailing after the minga, or "ants", as those who show their disrespect by climbing the sacred monolith are called.2004, Australia, →ISBN, page 10
- It's easy to see why local Aborigines refer to these intruders as minga—or little ants.2008, Frommer's Australia
Examples of minga in a sentence
- I, too, have come to central Australia as a minga tjuta, though I'm not here to scale the slopes of Uluru.2009, Rolf Potts, Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer, →ISBN, page 127:
- At the end of her patrol yesterday arvo, Ruby went into the crater and found a group of minga off track.2018, Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:
Forms of minga
| plural | minga |
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Origin of minga
From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (“ants”). Compare emmet.
Questions about minga
- What does minga mean?
- Minga means a tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.
- How do you use minga in a sentence?
- I, too, have come to central Australia as a minga tjuta, though I'm not here to scale the slopes of Uluru.
- What part of speech is minga?
- Minga is a noun.
- What is the plural of minga?
- The plural of minga is minga.
Words near minga in the dictionary
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