myall

Meanings

Noun

• A stranger; an ignorant person.
• An Aborigine living according to tradition.
• Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula (species), or the wood of such trees.

Adjective

• According to Aboriginal tradition; traditionally indigenous.

Origin

• From Dharug mayal, miyal.
• Aboriginal, perhaps a transferred use of Etymology 1, above.