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Noosa Heads

UK/ˈnuːsə ˈhɛdz/

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Australia/ˈnuːsə ˈhedz/

Noosa Heads proper noun: a coastal town and suburb, one of the three major centres of the Shire of Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, bounded in part by the Noosa River and the headlands of the Noosa National Park.

Proper noun

Noosa Heads

  1. A coastal town and suburb, one of the three major centres of the Shire of Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, bounded in part by the Noosa River and the headlands of the Noosa National Park.

Origin of Noosa Heads

From a Pama-Nyungan language term noosa ("shade, shadows") + the English term heads (“headlands”).

Questions about Noosa Heads

What does Noosa Heads mean?
Noosa Heads means a coastal town and suburb, one of the three major centres of the Shire of Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, bounded in part by the Noosa River and the headlands of the Noosa National Park.
What part of speech is Noosa Heads?
Noosa Heads is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Noosa Heads?
Noosa Heads is pronounced /ˈnuːsə ˈhedz/ (Australia).

Words near Noosa Heads in the dictionary

  1. Noorong
  2. Nooroo
  3. Nooruz
  4. noos
  5. Noosa
  6. Noosa Heads
  7. noosance
  8. noosances
  9. Noosaville
  10. nooscopic
  11. noose

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