Opals

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of opal form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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