Mirrnyong

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden. Australia

    "Along the Creek′s west bank there were three small mirnyongs or native ovens, the first of which, about 200 yards north of the Princes Highway, was the best preserved, until it was bull-dozed out of existence in March 1966 by the Country Roads Board[…]."

Synonyms

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middenmidden

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"Along the Creek′s west bank there were three small mirnyongs or native ovens, the first of which, about 200 yards north of the Princes Highway, was the best preserved, until it was bull-dozed out of existence in March 1966 by the Country Roads Board[…]."

Etymology

From an Aboriginal language.

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