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A dead-end waterway so chill it forgot to keep flowing.
means A billabong is a stagnant pool or backwater left behind when a river changes course, common in the Australian outback.
from From Wiradjuri, an Aboriginal Australian language of New South Wales — likely from 'bila' (river) plus a second element often glossed as 'dead' or 'channel.' English speakers borrowed it in the 19th century as Australia mapped its strange inland waters, and it stuck so firmly that 'waltzing Matilda' famously camps beside one.
- word origin
- From Wiradjuri language of Aboriginal Australia
- how formed
- An old river bend cut off from the main channel
- means stagnant
- Often dries to mud, then refills with floods
- famous in song
- Waltzing Matilda opens beside one
- surf brand
- Aussie label borrowed the name in 1973
for instance
billabong creek australia — waterhole in northern territory that fills during wet season and sustains wildlife in dry season
billabong gold mine — historical gold mining site in victoria, australia, operated in the 1880s-1890s