blackgin

Meaning

Noun

  • An Aboriginal woman.
  • The plant Kingia australis (species).

Origin

  • From black + Dharug dyiin ("woman") (David Nash, "Placenames evidence for NSW pidgin" in Felicity Meakins, Carmel O'Shannessy (eds) Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonization, Walter de Gruyter, 2016, p.133.)

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