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Meaning of "bunya" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUNYA

From a native Australian language.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BUNYA

bunya  [ˈbʌnjə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNYA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bunya 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 BUNYA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bunya in the English dictionary

The definition of bunya in the dictionary is a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones and thickish flattened needles Also called: bunya-bunya, bunya-bunya pine.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUNYA


begonia
bɪˈɡəʊnjə
Bologna
bəˈləʊnjə
bunnia
ˈbʌnjə
bunya-bunya
ˈbʌnjəˈbʌnjə
campagna
kæmˈpɑːnjə
Emilia-Romagna
ɪˈmiːlɪərəʊˈmɑːnjə
farinha
fəˈriːnjə
gunyah
ˈɡʌnjə
hryvnia
ˈhrɪvnjə
junior
ˈdʒuːnjə
Kenya
ˈkɛnjə
lasagna
ləˈzænjə
lasagne
ləˈzænjə
Minya
ˈmɪnjə
Monsignor
mɒnˈsiːnjə
piranha
pɪˈrɑːnjə
pupunha
puːˈpʊnjə
senior
ˈsiːnjə
Tigrinya
tɪˈɡriːnjə
zampogna
zæmˈpɒnjə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUNYA

bunny hop
bunny hug
bunny rabbit
bunny slope
bunny-hop
bunodont
bunraku
buns
Bunsen
Bunsen burner
bunt
buntal
bunter
bunting
buntline
bunty
bunya-bunya
bunya-bunya pine
Bunyan
bunyip

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUNYA

Antalya
Catalunya
Chechnya
El Minya
Gaya
hoya
hryvnya
Jaya
Konya
Lenya
Libya
maya
Mosi-oa-Tunya
Mount Kenya
Oriya
ouguiya
playa
polynya
Surabaya
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Synonyms and antonyms of bunya in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bunya» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUNYA

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

Translator English - Chinese

文哉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bunya
570 millions of speakers

English

bunya
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bunya
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بونيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Bunya
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bunya
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bunya
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bunya
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bunya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bunya
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文弥
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bunya
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bunya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bunya
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Bunya
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बूनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bunya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bunya
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bunya
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Bunya
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bunya
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bunya
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bunya
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bunya
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bunya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bunya

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNYA»

The term «bunya» is regularly used and occupies the 104.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNYA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bunya» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bunya» 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 bunya

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNYA»

Discover the use of bunya in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bunya and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef
The Bunya Mountains form a dramatic spur of the Great Dividing Range, rising abruptly to 1100m above the flat lowland plains. A winding road twists through the dense (often misty) rainforests and towering bunya and hoop pines to offer ...
Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, 2008
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The Trees of San Francisco
Like its close relative the norfolk island pine, the bunya-bunya has a distinctive silhouette. as with other members of the ancient Araucaria genus, the tree's branches are spaced evenly along the trunk in whorls, giving the tree a sym- metrical ...
Michael Sullivan, 2013
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Forest Trees of Australia
Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii Hook. Bunya pine is a tall tree, growing to 30–45 m in height and up to 1.5 m in diameter, with a straight undivided trunk often free from branches for two-thirds of the tree height and showing little taper in this part  ...
‎2006
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Nut Grower's Guide: The Complete Handbook for Producers and ...
The Bunya Pine or Bunya Bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii, grows to an enormous tree reaching 40 m in height. It is often seen growing in large old gardens or public parks. Bunya Pine belongs to the Araucariaceae family and is native to ...
Jennifer Wilkinson, 2005
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Princess K'Gari's Fraser Island: A History of Fraser Island
They came to socialise, barter, sing, dance, and compete even find or fight for a wife but above all, to feast on the ripened bunya nut. The Downs blacks called the bunya tree banasya and the nut yengee. The Brisbane blacks called both tree  ...
Fred Williams, 2002
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Re-Orienting Whiteness
Roughly every three years the Bunya pine produces nuts that were harvested during festivals held throughout the season. These were regularly attended by thousands of Indigenous peoples from territories and language groups spanning an ...
Leigh Boucher, Katherine Ellinghaus, Jane Carey, 2009
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Cooloola Coast: Noosa to Fraser Island : the Aboriginal and ...
... and freshwater fish, crayfish and mussels. The mountains associated with the famous bunya feasts also featured in the movements of the Dulingbara, who attended them by invitation from the tribes in whose territory the bunya trees grew .
Elaine Rosemary Brown, 2000
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An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts
This musical combination in fact defines the Kansai-based bunraku tradition for, as Nishitsunoi adamantly asserts, 'ningyō jōruri bunraku' is the proper title of bunraku (Nishitsunoi 1990a: 233). It is not surprising, therefore, that bunya ningyō at ...
Professor Terence A Lancashire, 2013
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Australia's Remarkable Trees
But whether urged by love or hate By the fair prospect made elate, The tribes in battle celebrate The last great Bunya Feast. The Feast of the Bunya, Cornelius Moynihan THIS STATUESQUE AND BEAUTIFUL BUNYA PINE SITS JUST OFF ...
Richard Allen, 2009
10
Anansi Leadership: An unconventional and light hearted ...
Anansi Example Visionary Jamaica Anansi stories Anansi in Monkey Country: Bunya Anansi go to Monkey country. Put on a big pot of water an' tell the Monkey when him get in the pot of water, when him say "Bunya", they mus' take him out of  ...
Trevor Stewart, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNYA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bunya is used in the context of the following news items.
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Affordable housing coming to Bunya Estate, Bungarribee, to give …
CROWDS FLOCK TO SECURE LAND AT BUNYA. Bridge will build and own 31 of these homes to operate as affordable rental homes and ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Dud dunnies could be dumped, replaced with new loos
Toilets at the Bunya Mountains are also earmarked for removal. A public toilet map and new signage has also been proposed at a cost of about ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Internationally-acclaimed actor David Gulpilil masters another art …
The film's producer, Bunya Productions' David Jowsey, said Gulpilil gave a fantastic performance in his role as Jimmy the elder. Jowsey said ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
4
Kabi Kabi people share legend in honour of Naidoc Week
Before them was a great, long log of the bunya tree, gigantic, stretching over to the island. The women, crossed over on this log, then while ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
5
Kandanga State School set to celebrate 100th birthday
The school was to have an estimated 34 pupils and incorporated the pupils of nearby Bunya Creek School and Yabba Vale School, which were ... «Gympie Times, Jul 15»
6
KL looks into broader definition of rape
The suspect, Bunya Jalong, told the court he had inserted his semen-smeared fingers into an underage girl in 2011. She became pregnant and ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
Mysterious winner at Imbil's Art feast
... at the Imbil Public Hall, followed by the popular festival closing event and the announcement of the Twin Bunya Park People's Choice Award. «Gympie Times, Jul 15»
8
Clifford Park punters hoping wait will be worth it
SHARE EMAIL PRINT. Have your say. Use this content. Worth The Wait scoring at Bunya Park last month for apprentice Lee Attard. Will Hunter ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Amendment to expand definition of rape to be tabled in Parliament
Calls to expand the definition of rape comes in the wake of the controversial Court of Appeal decision to acquit 60-year-old Bunya Jalong from ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
10
South Berwick teen going places with guiding
She's looking forward to reaping the rewards of her years of dedication during the Australia International Jamboree – Great Bunya Gathering ... «Nova News Now, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bunya [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bunya>. Apr 2024 ».
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