MYALL

Etymology 1

Noun

myall (plural myalls)

(obsolete, Australian Aboriginal) A stranger; an ignorant person.

(Australia) An Aborigine living according to tradition.

Adjective

myall (comparative more myall, superlative most myall)

(AU) According to Aboriginal tradition; traditionally indigenous. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 2

Aboriginal, perhaps a transferred use of Etymology 1, above.

Noun

myall (countable and uncountable, plural myalls)

Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula, or the wood of such trees.

Source: Wiktionary



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