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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
