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wonga-wonga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
won-ga--won-ga
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of pigeon, Leucosarcia melanoleuca, endemic to eastern Australian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug wungawunga.

Inflected Forms

wonga-wongas (plural)

Questions

What does wonga-wonga mean?
A species of pigeon, Leucosarcia melanoleuca, endemic to eastern Australian.
Where does wonga-wonga come from?
Borrowed from Dharug wungawunga.

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