BILLABONG

Meaning of BILLABONG in English

/ ˈbɪləbɒŋ; NAmE -bɔːŋ; -bɑːŋ/ noun

(in Australia) a lake that is formed when a river floods

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Wiradhuri bilabang channel that is dry except after rain.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BILLABONG — noun Etymology: Wiradhuri (Australian aboriginal language of central New South Wales) bilabaŋ Date: 1861 1. Australian a blind channel leading …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BILLABONG — ˈbiləˌbȯŋ, -äŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: native name in Australia Australia 1. a. : a blind channel leading out …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLABONG — (n.) In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense …
Английский словарь Webster
BILLABONG — /bil"euh bawng', -bong'/ , n. Australian. 1. a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLABONG — n. branch of a river that does not lead into another body of water, "dead-end" channel; riverbed that is only …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BILLABONG — noun Etymology: Wiradhuri (Australian aboriginal language of central New South Wales) bilabaŋ Date: 1861 1. Australian a. : a blind …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILLABONG — add. ·noun in australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; sometimes called an anabranch. this is the …
Webster English vocab
BILLABONG — ■ noun Austral. a branch of a river forming a backwater or stagnant pool. Origin C19: from Wiradhuri bilabang 'channel …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BILLABONG — [bil.la.bong] n [Wiradhuri (Australian aboriginal language of central New South Wales) bilabang] (1861) 1 Austral a: a blind channel leading …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BILLABONG — billabong BrE AmE ˈbɪl ə bɒŋ AmE \ -bɔːŋ -bɑːŋ ▷ billabong|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BILLABONG — n. Austral. a branch of a river forming a backwater or a stagnant pool. [Aboriginal Billibang Bell River f. billa …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BILLABONG — n. Austral. a branch of a river forming a backwater or a stagnant pool. [ Aboriginal Billibang Bell River f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BILLABONG — n. Austral. a branch of a river forming a backwater or a stagnant pool. Etymology: Aboriginal Billibang Bell River f. …
Oxford English vocab
BILLABONG — [noun] [C] ANZ - a low area of ground which was part of a river in the past, which only …
Cambridge English vocab
BILLABONG — (Australian) (1) A dead-end channel extending from the main stream of a river. (2) A streambed filled with water only …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
BILLABONG — (австралийское) залив, образованный устьем реки; рукав; старица (австралийское) устье реки
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLABONG — n австрал. 1> залив, образованный устьем реки; рукав; старица 2> устье реки
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BILLABONG — (n) рукав; старица; устье реки
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BILLABONG — n австрал. 1) залив, образованный устьем реки; рукав; старица 2) устье реки
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BILLABONG — n австрал. 1> залив, образованный устьем реки; рукав; старица 2> устье реки
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BILLABONG — (австралийское) залив, образованный устьем реки; рукав; старица (австралийское) устье реки
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLABONG — n. Pronunciation: ' bi-l ə - ˌ bo ̇ ŋ , - ˌ bä ŋ Function: noun Etymology: Wiradhuri (Australian …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LACHLAN RIVER — chief tributary of the Murrumbidgee River, in New South Wales, Australia. Rising in the Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands), 8 …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOUR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 24 hours a day (= during the whole day and night ) ▪ In Cairo, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLINCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES clinch a deal (= finally agree on a deal, especially one that is good …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRIBUTARY — Synonyms and related words : accessory, affluent, bayou, beck, billabong, branch, brook, burn, client, collateral, confluent, confluent stream, conquered, creek, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRONG — Synonyms and related words : V, affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream, crotch, crutch, delta, dendritic drainage pattern, effluent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FORK — Synonyms and related words : L, V, affluent, angle, angle off, apex, bail, bayou, bend, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, billabong, bine, …
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FEEDER — Synonyms and related words : Brillat-Savarin, L, Lucullus, Roscius, actor, actress, affluent, antagonist, antihero, bad guy, barnstormer, bayou, billabong, bit, …
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EFFLUENT — Synonyms and related words : affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream, dejecta, dejection, dejecture, dendritic drainage pattern, discharge, effused, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRANCH — Synonyms and related words : L, V, adolescent stream, affiliate, affiliation, affluent, angle, angle off, apparentation, appendage, arm, arroyo, bayou, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BAYOU — Synonyms and related words : affluent, arm, armlet, bay, belt, bight, billabong, boca, branch, confluent, confluent stream, cove, creek, dendritic …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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