Opals
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of opal form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 The women's national basketball representative team of Australia. Australia
"Carrie Graf knows about coaching creative individual players, as she has coached women′s basketball superstar Lauren Jackson, who shot to fame as a 15-year-old and joined the Australian women′s Opals basketball team by 16."
Example
More examples"Carrie Graf knows about coaching creative individual players, as she has coached women′s basketball superstar Lauren Jackson, who shot to fame as a 15-year-old and joined the Australian women′s Opals basketball team by 16."
Etymology
From opal, a gemstone mined in Australia.
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