billabong
pronunciation
How to pronounce billabong in British English:
UK [ˈbɪləbɒŋ]
How to pronounce billabong in American English:
US [ˈbɪləbɔŋ]
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- Noun:
- a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
- a branch of a river running to a dead end
Word Origin
- billabong
- Australian, "backwater, stagnant pool," 1865, from Billibang, Aboriginal name of Bell River, from billa "water" + bang, of uncertain meaning.
Example
- 1. Whoever lives in billabong , its name is society .
- 2. And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong .
- 3. Andy irons of hawaii places 9th overall at the billabong pro jeffreys bay saturday , july 17 , 2010 .
- 4. Billabong , an australian surfwear company , received a second and substantially lower buy-out bid from tpg , a private-equity firm .
- 5. Billabong of personnel of state-owned company have more than needed mixes industry of zhejiang province silk again obtain employment job investigates an analysis .