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yungan

yungan noun: the dugong.

Noun

yungan

  1. (Australia, archaic, rare) The dugong.
    • The yungan has a very thick skin, like that of the hog with the hair off.1847, John Dunmore Lang, Cooksland in North-eastern Australia, page 97

Origin of yungan

From an Aboriginal language.

Questions about yungan

What does yungan mean?
Yungan means the dugong.
What part of speech is yungan?
Yungan is a noun.

Words near yungan in the dictionary

  1. Yung-ch'ang
  2. Yung-ch'un
  3. Yung-chi
  4. Yung-ting
  5. yunga
  6. yungan
  7. Yungang
  8. yungas
  9. Yungay
  10. Yungchuan
  11. Yungho

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