DREAMTIME

Meaning of DREAMTIME in English

n. time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines, time during which the earth was formed and living things were created

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

DREAMTIME — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1896 the time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DREAMTIME — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably translation of Australian alchera, alcheringa : the aboriginal time of creation in the mythology of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DREAMTIME — /dreem"tuym'/ , n. the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DREAMTIME — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1896 : the time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DREAMTIME — (also Dreaming ) ■ noun another term for alcheringa .
Concise Oxford English vocab
DREAMTIME — [dream.time] n, often cap (1896): the time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DREAMTIME — Dreamtime, d\~ BrE AmE ˈdriːm taɪm
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DREAMTIME — /ˈdriːmtaɪm/ noun [ U ] = alcheringa
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DREAMTIME — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ t ī m Function: noun Usage: often cap Date: 1896 : the time of creation in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ALCHERA — ˈalchəˌrä noun or al·che·rin·ga ˌalchəˈriŋgə ( -s ) Etymology: native name in Australia : dreamtime
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALCHERINGA — /al'cheuh ring"geuh/ , n. dreamtime. [ 1895-1900; aljerrene ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALCHERINGA — [ ˌaltʃə'rɪŋgə ] ■ noun (in the mythology of some Australian Aboriginals) the ‘golden age’ when the first ancestors were …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WALKER, KATH — born Nov. 3, 1920, Australia died Sept. 16, 1993, Brisbane original Anglo-Australian name in full Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, Aboriginal …
Britannica English vocabulary
STONE AGE — prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. The Stone Age …
Britannica English vocabulary
AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE — the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in Australia. The first known inhabitants of the continent of Australia, …
Britannica English vocabulary
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE — also called Aboriginal, any member of the indigenous Australoid geographic race of Australia and Tasmania. Estimates of the Aboriginal population …
Britannica English vocabulary
AUSTRALIA, HISTORY OF — history of the continent from settlement by Aborigines in prehistoric times to exploration and colonization by Europeans in the 18th …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALCHERINGA — / ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋgə; NAmE / (also Dream·time ) noun [ U ] according to some Australian Aboriginals, the time when the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YHI — [Aboriginal] The goddess of light and creator goddess of the Karraur, an Australian aboriginal group, she lay asleep in the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
WONDJINA — [Aboriginal] Primal beings of the Aboriginals. They are cloud and rain spirits who in the Dreamtime descended to caves where …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
WATI-KUTJARA — [Aboriginal] The 'two men' who came from the mountains in the Dreamtime. They are lizard-men and the iguana is their …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
KUTJARA — [Aboriginal] Kutjara, with Wati, the two male ancestors of mortals who taught the people to keep in touch with Dreamtime. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
EINGANA
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
БАЛЕТ — БАЛЕТ Великобритания. До гастролей труппы Дягилева и Анны Павловой в Лондоне в 1910-1920-х годах балет был представлен в Англии главным …
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