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sistagirl

sistagirl noun: a gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture.

Noun

sistagirl (plural sistagirls)

  1. (Australia, informal) A gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture.
    • Five sistergirls, transgender Aboriginal people traditionally known in the Tiwi Islands as yimpininni, are giving BuzzFeed News a tour of their island home.2015, Allen Clarke, Meet The Transgender Sistergirls Of The Tiwi Islands, BuzzFeed News
    • The term 'Sistagirl' is used to describe a transgender person in Tiwi Island culture. Traditionally, the term was 'Yimpininni'.2015, G. N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis, K. K. Chakravarty, Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous

Forms of sistagirl

pluralsistagirls

Origin of sistagirl

sister + girl

Questions about sistagirl

What does sistagirl mean?
Sistagirl means a gay or transgender person in the Tiwi Islands culture.
What part of speech is sistagirl?
Sistagirl is a noun.
What is the plural of sistagirl?
The plural of sistagirl is sistagirls.

Words near sistagirl in the dictionary

  1. sissyness
  2. sissyphobia
  3. sissyphobic
  4. sist
  5. sista
  6. sistagirl
  7. sistagirls
  8. sistah
  9. sistahs
  10. Sistan
  11. Sistan and Baluchestan

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