DREAMTIME

Meaning of DREAMTIME in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ t ī m

Function: noun

Usage: often cap

Date: 1896

: the time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 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 — n. time of creation in the mythology of the Australian aborigines, time during which the earth was formed and living …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
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
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AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE — the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in Australia. The first known inhabitants of the continent of Australia, …
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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE — also called Aboriginal, any member of the indigenous Australoid geographic race of Australia and Tasmania. Estimates of the Aboriginal population …
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AUSTRALIA, HISTORY OF — history of the continent from settlement by Aborigines in prehistoric times to exploration and colonization by Europeans in the 18th …
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ALCHERINGA — / ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋgə; NAmE / (also Dream·time ) noun [ U ] according to some Australian Aboriginals, the time when the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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. …
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EINGANA
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