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Arnhem Land

American  
[ahr-nuhm] / ˈɑr nəm /
Or Arnhemland

noun

  1. a region in northern Northern Territory, Australia: site of Aboriginal reservation.


Arnhem Land British  

noun

  1. a region of N Australia in the N Northern Territory, large areas of which are reserved for native Australians

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They depict stars as well as a particular river in Arnhem Land, or perhaps stars reflected in that river.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

On an escarpment on the Arnhem Land side of the river, Miyakoo pointed out rock art.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2018

Residents of Arnhem Land in northern Australia routinely speak half a dozen or more languages by the time they are adults.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018

Ecologist Mick Brand and meteorologist Costijn Zwart of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, abseil a boat into a 40-metre sinkhole in Arnhem Land to investigate the area’s geological record.

From Nature • Apr. 24, 2018

Arnhem Land, a portion of the northern territory of S. Australia, lying west of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and forming a sort of peninsula.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various