bombora

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bombora

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From Australian Aboriginal, most likely Dharug bumbora (“a current off Dobroyd Head, Port Jackson”).

noun bomboras · bomboora

Australia A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore. The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora.
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@misc{bombora_2026,
  title = {bombora},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bombora},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}