bombora
noun/bɒmˈbɔːrə/
/bɑːmˈbɔːrə/
(Australian English)- a wave which forms over an underwater rock, sometimes producing a dangerous area of water
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- an area of rock underwater
Word Origin1930s: from a word in an Aboriginal language, perhaps Dharuk bumbora.
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