Etymology

Gadigal

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Today it means: A group of Aboriginal people traditionally inhabiting what is now Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Full definition →

Dharug gadigal
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  1. Dharug · borrowed fromgadigal
  2. English todayGadigal

Borrowed from Dharug gadigal, from gadi (“below, under”) + -gal (gentilic suffix), literally “the people below”, referring to the people who belonged to the land below Port Jackson.

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