Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nullarbor

/ˈnɐləboː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: nullar-bor
IPA: /ˈnɐləboː/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Nullarbor Plain, a plain in Australia.

name

A locality defined by the South Australian government, covering a large area of western South Australia, bordering on Western Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Trans-Australian Railway.

Example Sentences

"The arrested karst topography of the Nullarbor is considered to be eroding slowly (Gillieson & Spate 1992) and the surface has probably been stable for considerably longer than 30 ka."
"We high-tailed it for 812 kms today and it appears we will make it across the Nullarbor in less than three days."
"The Eyre Highway, the only road linking the two states of South and Western Australia, runs parallel to the railway line, along the rocky coastline of the Australian Bight and six-hundred miles across the empty plains of the Nullarbor."

Etymology

From Latin nulla arbor (“no tree”), as the area is nearly treeless.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nulla arbor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnɐləboː/
British English: /ˈnʌləbɔː/

Inflected Forms

the Nullarbor (canonical)

Phrases

Nullarbor Canyon

Questions

How do you pronounce nullarbor?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɐləboː/.
What does nullarbor mean?: Ellipsis of Nullarbor Plain, a plain in Australia.
Where does nullarbor come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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