Bombora (noun) (Aus)
bom-bo-ra
A wave which forms over a submerged offshore reef or rock, sometimes breaking heavily and producing a dangerous stretch of broken water.
1930s from an Aboriginal word, perhaps Dharuk bumbora.
Example sentences
“The huge swell was generated by the bombora.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
