Moomba

British  

/ ˈmuːmbə /

noun

1. a festival held annually in Melbourne since 1954, named in the belief that moomba was an Aboriginal word meaning "Let's get together and have fun"

2. a natural gas field in South Australia

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Etymology

Origin of Moomba

from a native Australian language moom buttocks, anus

Example Sentences

It inaugurated a golden age for her business, but her tough-as-nails persona and moneyed background alienated some observers even as it attracted huge names to her client list, including entertainers like Jay Z, Gloria Estefan and Mr. Combs, and modish restaurants and nightclubs of fin de siècle New York, like Moomba, Spy Bar and Asia de Cuba.

From New York Times

Soon, they were falling in love at Moomba.

From The New Yorker

Mr. Russell sold most of his stake in Moomba in 1999.

From New York Times

“I wouldn’t do it again,” Mr. Russell said of opening a Moomba today.

From New York Times

By the time Mr. Russell was the age of many of those dancing, he had engineered hundreds of parties like this one, several as a founder of Moomba, the celebrated late 1990s restaurant and nightclub on Seventh Avenue South that was packed nightly with celebrities like Madonna and Leonardo DiCaprio until it closed in 2001.

From New York Times