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Definition of billabong noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

billabong

noun

/ˈbɪləbɒŋ/

/ˈbɪləbɔːŋ/

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(in Australia) a lake that is formed when a river floods
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Wiradhuri bilabang ‘channel that is dry except after rain’.

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