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Toowoomba

American  
[tuh-woom-buh] / təˈwʊm bə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Queensland, in E Australia.


Toowoomba British  
/ təˈwʊmbə /

noun

  1. a city in E Australia, in SE Queensland: agricultural and industrial centre. Pop: 89 338 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The international research team was led by astrophysics Ph.D. student Alexander Venner of the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.

From Science Daily Feb. 12, 2026

The Philippine military said two of its navy vessels and five surveillance aircraft would participate, while Australia would send the frigate Toowoomba and P8-A maritime surveillance aircraft.

From Reuters Nov. 25, 2023

Her parents - Jason and Kerrie Struhs - are members of a small, tight-knit religious group in the city of Toowoomba that is not associated with any mainstream church, according to local media.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2022

This month, it announced that it will build a manufacturing facility for the unmanned fighter in Toowoomba, Australia, the company’s first aircraft assembly facility of its kind outside of North America.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 2021

We travelled by train to Toowoomba in Queensland, where we slept one night, and then went on to Brisbane, where we embarked on board the Eastern Australian ship the Catterthun.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

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