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pindan

pindan noun: the vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Noun

pindan (uncountable)

  1. The vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.
    • While the fever of spring meetings is raging in Australia's cities, the sporting enthusiasm burns just as brightly in the pindan deserts of the North-west, and along the great rivers of the Territory.1937, Ernestine Hill, The Great Australian Loneliness
    • After leaving Derby, while riding through the Pindan we passed one such, Jack Wilson, the ‘Little Iron Man.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 2

Origin of pindan

From Bardi bindan (“native bushland”).

Questions about pindan

What does pindan mean?
Pindan means the vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.
What part of speech is pindan?
Pindan is a noun.

Words near pindan in the dictionary

  1. pincushiony
  2. pind
  3. pinda
  4. pindal
  5. pindals
  6. pindan
  7. pindar
  8. Pindara
  9. Pindaras
  10. Pindaree
  11. Pindarees

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