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Meaning of "mugga" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUGGA

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 MUGGA

mugga  [ˈmʌɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUGGA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mugga 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 MUGGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mugga

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Eucalyptus sideroxylon, or Mugga, Red Ironbark or Mugga Ironbark, is a small to medium-sized or occasionally tall tree. The bark is persistent on the trunk and large branches, hard and deeply furrowed, dark grey to black, with upper limbs smooth and whitish. Adult leaves are stalked, lanceolate to 14 x 1.8 cm, sub-glaucous or dull green, Flowers are white, pink, red or pale yellow from early autumn until mid-spring. Distribution is wide but sporadic: south-eastern Queensland, widespread on the western slopes and plains of New South Wales south into north-central Victoria. E. sideroxylon is very conspicuous with its unusually black bark often holding copious quantities of kino. It is a very popular ornamental and street tree, Ferntree gully road in Melbourne has an avenue of Muggas planted. In the wild Muggas grow on infertile soils, often little more than sandy gravel. A former suspecies, Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. tricarpa L.A.S.Johnson is currently regarded as a species in its own right - Eucalyptus tricarpa L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill.

Definition of mugga in the English dictionary

The definition of mugga in the dictionary is an Australian eucalyptus tree with dark bark and pink flowers, Eucalyptus sideroxylon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUGGA


Ahmadnagar
ˌɑːmədˈnʌɡə
Ahmednagar
ˌɑːmədˈnʌɡə
bugger
ˈbʌɡə
chugger
ˈtʃʌɡə
drugger
ˈdrʌɡə
hiphugger
ˈhɪpˌhʌɡə
hugger
ˈhʌɡə
hugger-mugger
ˈhʌɡəˌmʌɡə
lugger
ˈlʌɡə
muggar
ˈmʌɡə
mugger
ˈmʌɡə
muggur
ˈmʌɡə
plugger
ˈplʌɡə
rugger
ˈrʌɡə
slugger
ˈslʌɡə
smugger
ˈsmʌɡə
snugger
ˈsnʌɡə
Srinagar
sriːˈnʌɡə
tree-hugger
ˈtriːˌhʌɡə
tugger
ˈtʌɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUGGA

mug
mug punter
mug shot
mug up
Mugabe
mugearite
mugful
muggar
mugged
muggee
mugger
muggier
muggiest
muggily
mugginess
mugging
muggins
muggle
muggur
muggy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUGGA

amiga
chigga
dagga
Frigga
ga
gaga
gogga
manga
mega
omega
Ortega
quagga
ragga
saga
tonga
Vega
wagga
Wagga Wagga
wigga
yoga

Synonyms and antonyms of mugga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mugga» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUGGA

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

Translator English - Chinese

mugga
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mugga
570 millions of speakers

English

mugga
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mugga
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mugga
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mugga
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mugga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mugga
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mugga
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mugga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mugga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mugga
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mugga
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mugga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mugga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mugga
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुग्गा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mugga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mugga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mugga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mugga
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mugga
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mugga
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mugga
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mugga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mugga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mugga

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUGGA»

The term «mugga» is regularly used and occupies the 77.655 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUGGA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUGGA»

Discover the use of mugga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mugga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bungling Billy
Billy didn't know whether to tell Mugga the truth or to pretend he didn't know. " Something to do about convicts, I think," said Billy. Mugga moved in close, practically stood on Billy's foot and raised his tightly clenched fist . It went up and down ...
Jo Fisher, 2007
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Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Re-Naming the Australian ...
'Mugga Mugga' is the name of a hill in the southern part of Canberra. It was also the name of a nineteenth century home on the slopes of the hill (inhabited for many years by the Curley family) and still open to tourists as Mugga Mugga Historic ...
Harold James Koch, Luise Anna Hercus, 2009
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My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith
I do not know what hermeneutic there is to unravel the meaning and mysteries of this kind of ministry. I only know that we need more ministers like Uncle Mugga. I only know that we need to return to that time when folk gave of themselves freely  ...
H. Beecher Hicks, 1998
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Etymological Dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic): English-Gurage ...
mig'a ana (C), mig'a wanna (E) 'hold a grudge'. mugg'a (Go) 'kind of grass' ; see mugga, below. mdgg'eq (M) 'light the fire, put the fire on, burn, kindle'; represents mdgg'drd (see below) with -drd>eq. mug'igg'a (E) 'kind of grass'; see muk'ik'a, ...
Wolf Leslau, 1979
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A Voyage to Abyssinia: And Travels Into the Interior of that ...
This storm, was fortunately of short continuance only, and proved a suitable prelude to the inhospitable treat- ment which we soon afterwards experienced, in the neighbouring town of Mugga. The Shum of the district being absent, neither ...
Henry Salt, 1816
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A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels Into the Interior of that ...
On Monday llth, we quitted Mugga with great satisfaction, at the break of day, determining to make a long march forward to Gibba, a residence belonging to the Ras, where we had reason to expect more decent treatment. Though the people at' ...
Henry Salt, 1814
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A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region
MOuNt MuggA MuggA, CANbeRRA NAtuRe pARK. It is a whole new meaning for 'rock garden'. The rocks don't provide the setting for the garden bed – they are the beds! I love getting down (though that doesn't get easier, sadly) to look at the ...
Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, 2011
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A Voyage to Abyssinia
On Monday '1 1th. we quitted Mugga with great satisfaction, at the break of day, determining to make a long march forward to Gibba, a residence belonging to the Ras, where we had reason to expect more decent treatment. Though the people  ...
Henry Salt
9
Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the ...
from the abrupt conical Mount Ainslie to distant Mugga Mugga across the low Capital Hill. The secondary axis runs at right angles from Black Mountain on the city's western edge eastward down the Molonglo Valley. The Griffins' knowledge of ...
David Van Zanten, Ashley Elizabeth Dunn, Leslie Coburn, 2013
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Plants of Western New South Wales
DESCRIPTION OF COMMUNITIES FORESTS AND WOODLANDS Mugga ironbark communities Mugga ironbark communities are common in the centraleastern part of the region on rocky hillsides, low ridges and footslopes. They usually ...
JH Leigh, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUGGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mugga is used in the context of the following news items.
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ACT Government to expand overflow jail as Canberra's Alexander …
Mr Rattenbury again stressed that prisoners transferred to the Mugga Way facility would be low risk and carefully selected. "Residents can be ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
2
ACT to hold a new auction this year to fund more wind farms
The second solar farm, on Mugga Lane, was about to begin construction, and the only hold-ups were with the third solar farm, shifted recently ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
3
Places to go and things to do in Northeast Pa.
PARADISE STREAM, 6213 Carlton Road, Mount Pocono: today, M-80, comic Mugga. PARKER HOUSE, 12 E. Parker St.: today, Q- Ball. «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
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Weekend: Places to go and things to do in Northeast Pennsylvania
POCONO PALACE, 5241 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg: today, DJ Chris, comics John Carfi, Mark DeMayo, HL Mugga; Saturday, Coast 2 ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Cole Brooks Bench
“Hugga Mugga, Cole.” Many thanks to the countless family, friends, and strangers who have reached out to Cole's family. A very special thank ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
6
Mr Fluffy asbestos: First house demolished by ACT Government as …
... said the Mr Fluffy asbestos had already been removed from the property and disposed of at Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
7
Fluffy asbestos debacle has Canberra home owners shocked anew
Four in one of Canberra's most prestigious streets, Mugga Way. All were publicly revealed in a list published by the ACT government this week. «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Canberra's Mr Fluffy houses: list of asbestos-affected homes
Mr Fluffy asbestos has extended its reach into the most prestigious of Canberra's streets, with five Mr Fluffy homes to be demolished in Mugga ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
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Just how much renovation blow out at The Lodge is worth
In the heart of Red Hill, 139 Mugga Way has been described as one of Canberra's finest homes. With four bedrooms, three bathrooms and ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
10
Mugga Lane shutdown caused by novelty clock
ACT police closed Mugga Lane on Anzac Day after receiving reports about a suspicious package which was later discovered to be a novelty ... «The Canberra Times, Apr 15»

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