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Anangu

American  
[ah-nahn-goo, ah-nahn-goo] / ˈɑ nɑnˌgu, ˌɑ nɑnˈgu /

noun

  • Anangu
    plural
  1. a group of Aboriginal peoples of the west-central Australian desert.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a group of Aboriginal peoples of the west-central Australian desert.

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The language is spoken by people in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands, where South Australia abuts the Northern Territory.

From Scientific American Oct. 18, 2023

He pointed to a 2019 ban forbidding tourists from climbing Uluru, a giant monolith in Australia that is sacred to the Anangu, an Aboriginal group that is the custodian of the rock.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2022

“The question that hovers over all of this is why should the Anangu have to justify their rules?” said Tim Rowse, a historian and emeritus professor at Western Sydney University.

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2019

From 2019 climbing on Uluru will be banned in respect of the wishes of Anangu Aboriginal Australians.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2017

The resorts were moved away in the 1980s, when the Australian government transferred title of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to its traditional owners, the Anangu.

From Washington Post

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