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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRIGALOW

From a native Australian language.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRIGALOW

brigalow  [ˈbrɪɡələʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIGALOW

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brigalow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRIGALOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brigalow

Acacia harpophylla

Acacia harpophylla, commonly known as the Brigalow, Brigalow Spearwood or Orkor is an endemic tree of Australia. It is found in central and coastal Queensland to northern New South Wales. It can reach up to 25 metres tall and forms extensive open-forest communities on clay soils. Remnant brigalow tree, coastal central Queensland, ~20m tall. Brigalow bark Two species, brigalow and gidgee form open woodlands on flat and gently undulating terrain on heavy and relatively fertile clay and clay-loam soils primarily in the 300-700mm annual rainfall region of Eastern Australia. These woodlands extend from a northern extreme of 20o S into northern New South Wales. Brigalow and gidgee occur as mixed communities in some regions and are commonly associated with several other woody species, including overstorey species such as Eucalyptus coolabah, E. cambageana, Casuarina cristata, and a range of understorey species. A. tephrina, A. georginae and A.

Definition of brigalow in the English dictionary

The definition of brigalow in the dictionary is any of various acacia trees.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRIGALOW


bangalow
ˈbæŋɡələʊ
beefalo
ˈbiːfələʊ
below
bɪˈləʊ
blow
bləʊ
cembalo
ˈtʃɛmbələʊ
clavicembalo
ˌklævɪˈtʃɛmbələʊ
Fanagalo
ˈfænəɡələʊ
Fanakalo
ˈfænəkələʊ
fellow
ˈfɛləʊ
flow
fləʊ
follow
ˈfɒləʊ
hallo
həˈləʊ
hello
hɛˈləʊ
hollow
ˈhɒləʊ
lo
ləʊ
low
ləʊ
Oslo
ˈɒzləʊ
overflow
ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ
pedalo
ˈpɛdələʊ
polo
ˈpəʊləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRIGALOW

brig
Brig.
Brig. Gen.
brigade
brigadier
brigadier general
brigand
brigandage
brigandine
brigandry
brigantine
Briggs
Brighouse
bright
bright and early
bright lights
bright spark
bright young things
bright-blindness
bright-eyed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRIGALOW

allow
alow
barlow
bungalow
cash flow
dak bungalow
glow
Hounslow
marshmallow
mellow
outflow
pillow
rate of flow
shallow
swallow
ultralow
unfollow
willow
workflow
yellow

Synonyms and antonyms of brigalow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brigalow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRIGALOW

Find out the translation of brigalow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brigalow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brigalow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

brigalow
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Brigalow
570 millions of speakers

English

brigalow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

brigalow
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

brigalow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

brigalow
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brigalow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brigalow
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brigadier umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brigalow
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

brigalow
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

brigalow
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brigadir umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brigalow
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிகேடியர் பொது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिगेडियर जनरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tuğgeneral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brigalow
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brigalow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

brigalow
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brigalow
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

brigalow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brigalow
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Brigalow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brigalow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brigalow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIGALOW»

The term «brigalow» is regularly used and occupies the 102.475 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIGALOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brigalow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brigalow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brigalow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIGALOW»

Discover the use of brigalow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brigalow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical Conservation Biology
The Brigalow and land clearance Brigalow refers both to the tree species Acacia harpophylla and to the vegetation communities it dominates. Brigalow communities contain a wide array of other species of plants (Johnson, 1984), and in a ...
David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, 2005
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Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth Century Australia
The difference between the Brigalow Scheme and earlier projects is that is was based on reasonably sound rural economic principles, if not environmentally sustainable ones. Most of the brigalow blocks were big enough to be economically ...
Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie, 2005
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The Bush: A Guide to the Vegetated Landscapes of Australia
NORTH-EASTERN ACACIA OPEN FORESTS AND LOW OPEN FORESTS- 1 — the brigalow (etc.) Location: primarily within the subhumid lands of south-eastern and central Qld; also far northern subhumid NSW and the 'wetter semi-arid ...
Ian G. Read, 1994
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Votes & Proceedings
She accordingly took us a general W. N. W. course through some brigalow and pine scrubs, and just before sunset brought us up to a water-hole, which I at first took to be the head of the creek we had left in the morning, especially as we had  ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1852
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Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management
Mistletoes are an important resource for woodland birds in Brigalow; however, their persistence requires management of land-use disturbances combined with restoration programs A key lesson arising from our research in fragmented ...
David Lindenmayer, Andrew Bennett, Richard Hobbs, 2010
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Forest Trees of Australia
Brigalow Brigalow Spearwood, Orkor Acacia harpophylla F. Muell. ex Benth. Brigalow is a small to medium-sized tree, usually 12–20 m tall. At its best it attains a height of 25 m and diameters of 0.6 m. It grows commonly in very dense stands in ...
DJ Boland, MIH Brooker, GM Chippendale, 2006
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Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): ...
B iol ogy Adults have been collected on trunks and branches of brigalow. New Australian species Roger contains only one species, here described as new. Roger boothí sp. nov. TYPES. Holotype, male: Queensland, Mt Buffkin (22.368 ...
Adam Slipinski, 2013
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
Mitchell calls this acacia "brigalow," but that is incorrect, for it differs much from it, and I have seen but two or three real brigalow since we crossed the ridge dividing the Nive watershed from that of the Victoria. The blacks call this acacia " gurrt.
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1863
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Hidden Histories: Black Stories from Victoria River Downs, ...
They are now hostile and defiant they forbid me to go out again I will expect you here in the course of a weeks Constable Holland went out to investigate, and found that not only was Brigalow Bill apparently duffing, but also that the Aborigines ...
Deborah Bird Rose, 1991
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The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London
and again proceeded through brigalow to my camp, in lat. 25° 2' 197', having discovered a comparatively clear road for the carts to the Nivelle, escaping the rocky ridges. We should have reached Mount Playfair to-day, had it not been for ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIGALOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brigalow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big grazing land sale deals in Central Qld, as property market fires-up
Moura's buffel grass-improved brigalow country is considered some of the best large-scale grazing land available in Queensland, and is tightly ... «Beef Central, Jul 15»
2
Bede books the King of the Coalfields to ride hot Cup fancy
Thompson has won five South Grafton cups - Brigalow (1984), Retford (1988), Shoemaker (2002), Logan (2008) and Myramira for Rodney ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jul 15»
3
Missing Dad
In 1987, seeking better country the family relocated to a brigalow block, Tandarra, near Middlemount. "Mum and Dad have always worked off ... «Queensland Country Life, Jul 15»
4
Property: Ingham cane family expands cattle interests with …
Country ranges from soft brigalow-belah country, slightly undulating with good shadelines, some bottle tree and small area of regrowth grazing ... «Beef Central, Jun 15»
5
Moura farmers in legal battle with Westpac over advice
It was reported in Queensland Country Life that the 2061ha hectare, brigalow Langsvale property sold at auction for $3.85million last ... «Central Telegraph, Jun 15»
6
Strathmore sold after auction
There is about 1200ha of brigalow scrub country, the majority of which has been blade ploughed, 1200ha of cleared box, ironbark country with ... «Queensland Country Life, Jun 15»
7
Moura graziers sue Westpac for $3m
It was reported in Queensland Country Life that the 2061ha brigalow Langsvale property sold at auction for $3.85million on Wednesday. «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»
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Langsvale sold for $3.85m
Langsvale was offered by Alistair and Lorraine Lang who have developed and blade ploughed most of the brigalow, blackbutt and softwood ... «Queensland Country Life, Jun 15»
9
Queensland Business Monthly: Debbie McBryde is producing top …
But out in the Brigalow Country west of Moura in central Queensland, Merv and Deb's yin and yang are merging seamlessly to solve that ... «Courier Mail, May 15»
10
Beware 'green group' pressure on VMA
WWF believes that your brigalow suckers are "critically important" and without a word about compensation of production loss to the landowner ... «Queensland Country Life, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Brigalow [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brigalow>. May 2024 ».
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