Bundjalung Dictionary

English: Cook Island
Bundjalung: jungar-ngahriyahn, jungar-ngahriyan
Part of Speech: locative, place name
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Category: location
Comment: Joong-urra-narrian, a rocky island near Fingal's Head; from jungar-ngahriyahn 'pelican dance'; jungur? Also listed as a hill near Tweed Head, literally pelican corroborree ground (Mur).
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Mestn Joongurra Gnarrian Cook's Island; M:Fingl Joong-urranarrian, Cook Island; Mur:Sc:8** Choongurra-bannar-in de-aen**

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