alcheringa

Or Al·che·rin·ga

[al-chuh-ring-guh]

noun

1. (in Australian Aboriginal mythology) dreamtime.

alcheringa

/ ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə /

noun

1. another name for Dreamtime

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcheringa¹

First recorded in 1895–1900, alcheringa is from the Aranda word aljerreŋe

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcheringa¹

from a native Australian language, literally: dream time

Example Sentences

From them, Dr Flannery and his team discovered evidence of three species previously unknown to science, findings which were published in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology on Monday.

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But a review of existing fossil holdings published last year in the journal Alcheringa sought to turn decades of paleontological wisdom on its head.

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The specimen’s existence, he and colleagues reported earlier this month in the journal Alcheringa, suggests that the largest saber-toothed tigers might have been able to take down giant plant-eaters, heavy as pickup trucks, that researchers had thought were untouchable.

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The findings were published this week in "Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology."

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The findings were published this week in “Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.”

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