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Meaning of "geebung" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GEEBUNG

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 GEEBUNG

geebung  [ˈdʒiːbʌŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEEBUNG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geebung 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 GEEBUNG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

geebung

Persoonia

Persoonia is a genus of 98 species of shrubs and small trees in the tribe Persoonioideae in the large and diverse plant family Proteaceae. In the eastern states of Australia, they are commonly known as Geebungs, while in Western Australia and South Australia they go by the common name Snottygobbles. The generic name is in honour of Dutch mycologist and botanist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.

Definition of geebung in the English dictionary

The first definition of geebung in the dictionary is any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Persoonia of Australia having an edible but tasteless fruit. Other definition of geebung is the fruit of these trees. Geebung is also an uncultivated Australian from the country districts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEEBUNG


bebung
ˈbeɪbʌŋ
bung
bʌŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEEBUNG

gee
gee up
gee whiz
gee-gee
gee-whiz
geebag
geechee
geed up
geek
geek chic
geekdom
geeked
geekery
geekiness
geekism
geekspeak
geeky
geelbek
Geelong
geep

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEEBUNG

Bandung
Belitung
clung
dung
flung
go bung
hung
Jung
Kaohsiung
lung
mung
rung
sprung
strung
sung
swung
Taichung
unsung
with young
young

Synonyms and antonyms of geebung in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geebung» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEEBUNG

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

Translator English - Chinese

geebung
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Geebung
570 millions of speakers

English

geebung
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geebung
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

geebung
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

geebung
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Geebung
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Geebung
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Geebung
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geebung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geebung
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geebung
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geebung
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

geebung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geebung
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गिबंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geebung
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Geebung
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Geebung
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geebung
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geebung
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Geebung
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

geebung
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Geebung
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Geebung
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geebung

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEEBUNG»

The term «geebung» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEEBUNG» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEEBUNG»

Discover the use of geebung in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geebung and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
Species 'Vernacular Names: P. acerosa Schultes & J.H. Schultes Australia: mossy geebung (geebung = from the Aboriginal name jibbong) P. angulata R. Br. Australia: Blue Mountains geebung P. arborea F. Muell. Australia: tree geebung P.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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The Evolution of Polo
The late Harry Pass participated in that tournament, playing on the Geraldton team.37 In his opus magnus, Geebung—The Story ofAustralian Polo, historian Chris Ashton has pointed out that Western Australia has suffered more than the other ...
Horace A. Laffaye, 2009
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The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
IT was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, And the horse was never saddled that the Geebungs ...
Andrew Barton Paterson, 2009
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The Works of 'Banjo' Paterson
The Geebung Polo Club It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, And the horse was never ...
Andrew Barton Paterson, 1995
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The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection
THE GEEBUNG POLO CLUB A. B. Paterson It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountainside, And the ...
David John Headon, Headon, David (ed.), 2001
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Meanjin Crossing
After the bora Jabiru joined up with Geebung and Jamboor, two mainland boys who'd journeyed with him through the ceremonies. They were young and carefree and roamed the country in high spirits. At first there was plenty of game, but the ...
Ian Hamilton, 2014
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The Man From Snowy River
It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, And the horse was never saddled that the Geebungs ...
Andrew Barton Paterson, David Thomas Wood, 1997
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Poems and Stories
The local larrikins called him "Grog," a very appropriate name, all things considered; but to the Geebung Times he was known until the day of his death as "a well-known character named Bogg." The antipathy of the local paper might have ...
Henry Lawson
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Poems
It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, And the horse was never saddled that the Geebungs ...
Andrew Barton Paterson
10
Traditional Australian Verse: The Essential Collection ...
A.B. Paterson It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club. They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, And the horse was never saddled that ...
Richard Walsh, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEEBUNG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geebung is used in the context of the following news items.
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Queensland marijuana bust
RAW VIDEO: Police film as an elaborate cannabis crop is allegedly being uncovered after a warrant is executed overnight at a Geebung ... «WA today, Jul 15»
2
1000 cannabis plants seized in Geebung warehouse drug raid: police
Police searched a vacant warehouse on Robinson Road, Geebung, on Monday night, uncovering a hydroponic cannabis lab. Video footage of ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
3
Fishing prospects in school holidays look good
Inside the estuary Samie Barlow, a visitor from Geebung in Queensland, fished at Oyster Channel for a fish of 922g. To add to the good ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
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Brisbane City Council rates: How your suburb fared
... Gordon Park (1.03 per cent), Nudgee Beach (0.48 per cent), Geebung (0.46 per cent), Carindale (0.17 per cent), Boondall (0.16 per cent) and ... «Brisbane Times, Jun 15»
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Investors rushing to northern suburb
The rush of activity has caused house values in suburbs such as Chermside, Chermside West, Geebung, Aspley, Stafford and Kedron to climb ... «Smart Property Investment, Jun 15»
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Teens arrested after crash at Geebung
Police said the car sped out of control while on the wrong side of Robinson Road West in Geebung before it crashed into another car and ... «Brisbane Times, May 15»
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Patrons are evacuated from the Geebung RSL due to a fire. Picture …
The fire happened at the Geebung RSL after 3pm Sunday. The incident caused the RSL to evacuate, with a number of fire crews attending. «Courier Mail, May 15»
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Adelaide Crows lose for first time this AFL season as Bulldogs romp …
Geelong seem to have gone geebung and Docklands is a happy hunting home ground for the Dogs again today. I have given up on reading ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Anzac Day services guide
Dawn Service March at Railway Pde, Geebung, 4.15am. Dawn Service at Cnr Collings St and Newman Rd, Geebung, 4.27am. Dawn Service ... «Courier Mail, Apr 15»
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Brisbane to dump Olympics for expanded Eurovision
Geebung Style... Could Korean pop star Psy open the Brisbane Eurasiavision contest with a local take on his hit Gangnam Style? «Brisbane Times, Mar 15»

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