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Nullarbor
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English
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Etymology
From en la nulla arbor no tree, as the area is nearly treeless.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɐləboː/ AU
en /ˈnʌlɚbɔːɹ/ GA
en /ˈnʌləbɔː/ RP
Proper noun
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en Nullarbor Plain, en 1 plain c/Australia.
en 1998 Meteorites: Flux with Time and Impact Effects Monica M. Grady; Robert Hutchison 63 The arrested karst topography of the Nullarbor is considered to be eroding slowly (Gillieson & Spate 1992) and the surface has probably been stable for considerably longer than 30 ka.
en 2003 Gone Walkabout in Henn Boo Too William Hogan 63 We high-tailed it for 812 kms today and it appears we will make it across the Nullarbor in less than three days.
en 2015 Up the Gum Tree Susan Duxbury The Eyre Highway, the only road linking the two states of South and Western Australia, runs parallel to the railway line, along the rocky coastline of the Australian Bight and six-hundred miles across the empty plains of the Nullarbor.
en locality defined by the South Australian government, covering a large area of western s/South Australia bordering on x/Western Australia between the bay/Great Australian Bight and Trans-Australian Railway.
Derived terms
Nullarbor Canyon
Descendants
mul Nullarbora Nullarbora 1