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galah

[ guh-lah ]

noun

  1. an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having rose-colored underparts.
  2. Australian. a fool.


galah

/ ɡəˈ±ôÉ‘Ë /

noun

  1. an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having grey wings, back, and crest and a pink body
  2. slang.
    a fool or simpleton
“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of galah1

First recorded in 1885–90; from Yuwaalaraay (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken near Lightning Ridge, northern New South Wales) ²µ¾±±ôÄå
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of galah1

C19: from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

Drama also erupted on the final day of round one voting after a nail-biting three-way tussle between the wedge-tailed eagle, the galah and the willie wagtail came down to a handful of write-in votes.

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With three hours left in the first round, a huge surge for both the eagle and galah meant the wagtail, in ninth, was suddenly at risk of dropping out of the top 10 altogether.

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In the end, the galah missed out by only four votes.

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Theory is selling a fleece hoodie in “galah,†which, as any amateur birder knows, is a pinky-gray-breasted cockatoo native to Australia.

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The aging 8-meter statue, of a local species of cockatoo called the galah, marks a roughly midway point between the eastern and western coasts of Australia.

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