Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brolga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: brol-ga
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.

Example Sentences

"But he did not value Red Ochre simply as a grazing-lease. At times it was to him six hundred square miles where grazing grew and brolgas danced in the painted sunset and emus ran to the silver dawn […]."
"We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves."

Etymology

From Gamilaraay burralga.

Word Breakdown

Root: burralga

Inflected Forms

brolgas (plural)

Synonyms

Australian crane native companion

Questions

What does brolga mean?: A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
Where does brolga come from?: From Gamilaraay burralga.

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