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.”
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