Boomorah

/buːˈmɔːrə/ noun

A boomerang or throwing stick used by Australian Aboriginal people; also spelled 'boomerang.'

From Dharug (Australian Aboriginal language) 'bumarit' or similar words meaning a curved throwing stick. English absorbed the word in the 19th century.

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