Toowoomba

[ tuh-woom-buh ]

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

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How to use Toowoomba in a sentence

  • Thus the wheat lands of Maranoa were settled when there was no farming more than a few miles to the west of Toowoomba.

    Our First Half-Century | Government of Queensland
  • My sister, she was staying at Toowoomba up Queensland way; she's the sister of the landlady at the 'Royal.'

    Australia Revenged | Boomerang
  • I was third mate of the Toowoomba then; my first trip in her, and that was seven years ago come Queen's Birthday.

    The Record of Nicholas Freydon | A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
  • Consequently he knew all about Hal's journey to Toowoomba, and guessed its object.

    Australia Revenged | Boomerang
  • Toowoomba is about a hundred miles inland, and they had been sent up from Brisbane.

    Missing Friends | Thorvald Weitemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for Toowoomba

Toowoomba

/ (təˈwʊmbə) /


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

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