'Billabong' is a word borrowed from Australian aboriginal 'billabong'. The word entered the English language some time around 1861.
billabong [noun] [1861]
- a blind channel leading out from a river
- a usually dry streambed that is filled seasonally
- a backwater forming a stagnant pool
See 'billabong' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Wiradhuri (Australian aboriginal language of central New South Wales) 'bilabaŋ'
See more loan words from 1800s.
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