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Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo proper noun: an inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Woolloomooloo (countable and uncountable, plural Woolloomooloos)

  1. An inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of Woolloomooloo

pluralWoolloomooloos

Origin of Woolloomooloo

From the name of the first homestead in the area. The origin of that name itself is uncertain. Either from the aboriginal term Wallamullah, meaning "place of plenty", or from Wallabahmullah, meaning a "young black kangaroo".

Questions about Woolloomooloo

What does Woolloomooloo mean?
Woolloomooloo means an inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Woolloomooloo?
Woolloomooloo is a proper noun.

Words near Woolloomooloo in the dictionary

  1. woollike
  2. woollily
  3. woolliness
  4. woollinesses
  5. woollish
  6. Woolloomooloo
  7. Woolls
  8. woolly
  9. woolly adelgid
  10. woolly adelgids
  11. woolly aphid

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