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Example sentences for: melburnian
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Gunyah , the Dharuk word for dwelling, is matched by the Melburnian quamby , a verb meaning lie down, camp, and also a noun meaning shelter, by the Brisbane humpy , the Adelaide wurley , and the Perth mia mia .
Other loanwords repeat the Sydney pattern, striking or otherwise significant flora, fauna, and weapons being named: so there is the Tasmanian boobialla , a fruit-bearing Acacia, the Melburnian bullan bullan , a beautiful bird with a lyre-shaped tail, the Brisbane yungan gong, the Adelaide pinkie , a bilby or bandicoot, and the Perth quokka , a species of wallaby.