Kamilaroi

[ kah-mee-lah-roi ]

/ ˈkɑ miˌlɑ rɔɪ /

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noun

an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.

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Also called Gamilaraay.

Words nearby Kamilaroi

Kamet, kami, Kamianske, kamik, kamikaze, Kamilaroi, Kamina, Kamloops, Kamloops trout, Kammerer, kamokamo

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How to use Kamilaroi in a sentence

This tribe reckons in the female line, has phratries, and uses the class names (four), but not the phratry names of the Kamilaroi.
The Secret of the Totem|Andrew Lang
Among the Australians the gentes of the Kamilaroi have already been noticed.
Ancient Society|Lewis Henry Morgan
Mr. Matthews denies, as we saw, what Mr. Fison asserts, as to the Kamilaroi.
Social Origins and Primal Law|Andrew Lang
Ridley's vocabulary of the Kamilaroi tongue is the source for this fact.
Social Origins and Primal Law|Andrew Lang

One of the Wonghi or of the Wiraidjuri or Kamilaroi tribe is "proud of the title."
The Secret of the Totem|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for Kamilaroi

Kamilaroi

/ (ˈkæmələrɔɪ) /

noun

an Australian Aboriginal language formerly used in NW New South Wales

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