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Wool Bay

Wool Bay proper noun: a town and bay in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.

Proper noun

Wool Bay

  1. A town and bay in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.

Origin of Wool Bay

The bay was named for the old practice of rolling bales of wool down the cliffs to ships moored at the jetty. The town was originally named Pickering, but was renamed after the bay by 1940.

Questions about Wool Bay

What does Wool Bay mean?
Wool Bay means a town and bay in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
What part of speech is Wool Bay?
Wool Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Wool Bay in the dictionary

  1. Wookiee
  2. Wookiees
  3. Wookies
  4. wooks
  5. wool
  6. Wool Bay
  7. wool classer
  8. wool classers
  9. wool classing
  10. wool clip
  11. wool clips

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