Definition
A shallow water reef or underwater obstruction that causes waves to break dangerously, particularly used in Australian and Pacific surfing terminology.
Etymology
Australian Aboriginal word, likely from an indigenous language. The term was adopted by surfers and oceanographers to describe this specific geographical feature.
Kelly Says
Bombora is a perfect example of how indigenous knowledge gets absorbed into technical vocabularies—Aboriginal Australians had a word for this dangerous wave phenomenon long before surfers arrived!
Translations
ARالعربية
بومبورا
boom-bo-rah
BNবাংলা
বোম্বোরা
bom-bo-rah
CACatalà
bombora
bon-bo-rah
CSČeština
bombora
bon-bo-rah
DADansk
bombora
bon-bo-rah
DEDeutsch
Bombora
bom-bo-rah
ELΕλληνικά
βόμβωρα
vom-bo-rah
ESEspañol
bombora
bon-bo-rah
FAفارسی
بومبُرا
boom-bo-rah
FISuomi
bombora
bon-bo-rah
FRFrançais
bombora
bon-bo-rah
HEעברית
בומבורה
bom-bo-rah
HIहिन्दी
बॉम्बोरा
bomb-o-rah
HUMagyar
bombora
bon-bo-rah
IDBahasa Indonesia
bombora
bon-bo-rah
ITItaliano
bombora
bon-bo-rah
KMKM
ប៉ុមប៉ុរ៉ា
pom-po-rah
MSBahasa Melayu
bombora
bon-bo-rah
MYမြန်မာ
ဘုံဘုရား
bu-ng-bu-ya
NLNederlands
bombora
bon-bo-rah
NONorsk
bombora
bon-bo-rah
PLPolski
bombora
bon-bo-rah
PTPortuguês
bombora
bon-bo-rah
RORomână
bombora
bon-bo-rah
RUРусский
бомбора
bom-bo-rah
SVSvenska
bombora
bon-bo-rah
SWKiswahili
bombora
bon-bo-rah
TAதமிழ்
பொம்மொரா
pom-mo-rah
TEతెలుగు
బొమ్మొరా
bom-mo-rah
TRTürkçe
bombora
bon-bo-rah
UKУкраїнська
бомбора
bom-bo-rah
URاردو
بومبُرا
boom-bo-rah
VITiếng Việt
bombora
bon-bo-rah
YOYO
bọ́mbọ́rà
bo-mbo-rah