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binghi

American  
[bing-ahy] / ˈbɪŋ aɪ /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

plural

binghis

  1. an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Etymology

Origin of binghi

First recorded in 1930–35; from Dyangadi (an Australian Aboriginal language of Macleay River valley, eastern New South Wales) biŋay “elder brother”

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Norman's infant had not waited for the midwives of the Binghi� and had at least escaped the fate of a Nawnim.

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