Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coolamon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coola-m-on
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.

Australian usage

name

A town in the Coolamon council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

name

A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Coolamon Shire.

Example Sentences

"Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon."
"Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes."

Etymology

From Gamilaraay guliman (and similar forms in neighbouring languages).

Word Breakdown

Root: guliman

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

coolamons (plural)

Synonyms

pitchi

Questions

What does coolamon mean?: A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Where does coolamon come from?: From Gamilaraay guliman (and similar forms in neighbouring languages).

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