Definitions For Bombora

Noun

BOMBORA (plural BOMBORAs) (Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.

Synonyms

bommie

Alternative forms

bomboora {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology

From w:australian aboriginal languages, australian aboriginal, most likely {{bor, en, xdk, bumbora, , a current off w:dobroyd head, dobroyd head, w:port jackson, port jackson}}. 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter XV, section 3, page 321.1933 May 27, w:the bulletin, the bulletin, page 24, quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, w:sydney university press, sydney university press, {{ISBN, 0-424-00113-6}} — Bombora is an aboriginal word applied to the high-crested wave which breaks ... over submerged rocks near the coastline.