billabong








noun Australian.

  1. a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel.
  2. a creek bed holding water only in the rainy season; a dried-up watercourse.
  3. a stagnant backwater or slough formed by receding floodwater.

noun Australian

  1. a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
  2. a branch of a river running to a dead end

Australian, “backwater, stagnant pool,” 1865, from Billibang, Aboriginal name of Bell River, from billa “water” + bang, of uncertain meaning.

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