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[[Image:Yellow Waters Billabong July 2001.JPG|thumb|right|232px|Yellow Water Billabong, [[Kakadu National Park]]]] |
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'''Billabong''' is an [[Australian English]] word meaning a small [[lake]], specifically an [[oxbow lake]], a [[stagnant]] pool of [[water]] attached to a waterway.<ref>Clarke, R. [http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/WMTerms.html "Australianisms in 'Waltzing Matilda'"], Australian National University, 10 December 2003. Last accessed 16 September 2007</ref> Billabongs are usually formed when the path of a [[stream|creek]] or [[river]] changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end. Despite some claims of a [[Scottish Gaelic]] origin,<ref>Skilton, St J. [http://ethesis.unifr.ch/theses/downloads.php?file=SkiltonS.pdf "The Survey of Scottish Gaelic in Australia and New Zealand"], p. 300, quoting a respondent to his survey: ''"'Bill' = 'bile' = 'lip or mouth' and 'abong' is from 'abhainn' = 'river' with a parasitic 'G' added. A billabong probably has a mouth shape of sorts being at a bend in a river."'' University of Fribourg, Switzerland, June 2004. Last accessed 15 March 2008.</ref> the word is most likely from the [[Wiradjuri language|Wiradjuri]] term '''bilabaŋ'''.<ref>Ludowyk, F. [http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/October_2004/Billy.html "Of Billy, Bong, Bung, & 'Billybong'"], Australian National University, no date. Last accessed 15 March 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billabong "Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online"]. Last accessed 15 March 2008.</ref> |
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Billabongs appear relatively often in [[Australian literature]]. One of the most prominent references is in the opening line of [[Banjo Paterson]]'s famous [[folk song]] "[[Waltzing Matilda]]". |
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[[Category:Australian English]] |
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[[Category:Lakes]] |
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[[Category:Lakes of Australia|*]] |
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