List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
- List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as "kangaroo" and "boomerang". Many such words have also become loan words in other languages beyond English, while some are restricted to Australian English.
Flora and fauna
* barramundi
* bilby
* bindi
* bogong
* boobook
* brigalow
* brolga
* budgerigar
* bunyip
* coolibah
* cunjevoi
* currawong
* dingo
* galah
* gang-gang
* geebung
* gidgee
* gilgie
* gymea
* jarrah
* kangaroo
* koala
* kookaburra
* kurrajong
* mallee
* marri
* mulga
* myall
* numbat
* pademelon
* potoroo
* quandong
* quokka
* quoll
* taipan
* wallaby
* wallaroo
* waratah
* warrigal
* witchetty
* wobbegong
* wombat
* wonga
* wonga-wonga
* yabby
Environment
* billabong
* boondie A rock (Noongar, W.A.)
* gibber (a boulder)
* gilgai
* pindari (high ground)
* willy willy
Aboriginal culture
* boomerang
* bunyip
* coolamon (wooden curved bowl used to carry food or baby)
* corroboree
* gunyah
* humpy (a hut)
* lubra
* mia-mia (a hut)
* nulla-nulla
* waddy (a wooden club)
* woomera
* wurlie - a hut
Describing words
* Koori (people) - Aboriginal people from Victoria and New South Wales
* cooee
* Murri - Aboriginal people from Queensland
* Noongar - Aboriginal people from southern Western Australia
* yabber - to talk
* yakka - work
* yarndi - marijuana
Place names
Names
* Kylie (Noongar word for "throwing stick")
* Narelle (possibly a back-formation of Sydney suburb Narellan)
Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin
* bandicoot : (from Telugu)
* cockatoo : (from Malay)
* didgeridoo : (onomatopoeic)
* emu : (from Arabic, via Portuguese, for "large bird")
* goanna : (corruption of "iguana")
* jabiru : (from the Spanish)
* Nullarbor : (Latin for "no trees")
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