English
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Etymology
From Yuwaalaraay malga.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�m�lg�/ (UK)
IPA|/�m��lɡ�/ [�m��lɡ�] (Australia)

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.
2. colloquial Land covered with such vegetation; the outback.

#:*1901: I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred � Jack Mathieu, �That Day at Boiling Downs� (Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin 2003, p. 263)

1. Something made from the wood of a mulga tree.
2. A mulga wire.

Category:Australian English
Category:Gamilaraay derivations

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