Billabong Definition

bĭlə-bông, -bŏng
billabongs
noun
A dead-end channel extending from the main stream of a river.
American Heritage
A backwater channel forming a lagoon or pool.
Webster's New World
A streambed filled with water only in the rainy season.
American Heritage
A stagnant pool or backwater.
American Heritage

(Australia) A stagnant pool of water.

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Other Word Forms of Billabong

Noun

Singular:
billabong
Plural:
billabongs

Origin of Billabong

  • Wiradhuri (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) bilabaŋ watercourse filled only after rain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Wiradhuri bilabang

    From Wiktionary

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