Bombora

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore. Australia

    "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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bombbommie

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"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."

Etymology

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

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