Nharangga Word

Minlagawi

English Word

fresh waterhole. The name was extended to the town of Minlacowie.

Sound

Dictionary Category
Children
Traditional
Lexical Category
noun
place name
Word Categories
Place names

Definition/Cultural Note

- location given as Section 8, Hundred of Minlacowie. (Egginton/Tindale)- gawi means water.- Cockburn (in Whats in a name?) claims that minla means fresh or sweet. This does not match the words in Nharangga sources. It could be a description of the well water, rather than the literal meaning of the word.

Different ways of saying this word
Minlakawi