Dharuk

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Australia/ˈdʌrʊk/

proper noun

The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by people who lived in the Sydney region, from the southern shore of Port Jackson south to Botany Bay and as far inland as Camden and Penrith. Closely related to Dhurga and Thurawal.

OriginDharug dharug →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Darug · alternative Dharruk · alternative Dharug

  1. The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by people who lived in the Sydney region, from the southern shore of Port Jackson south to Botany Bay and as far inland as Camden and Penrith. Closely related to Dhurga and Thurawal.

Origin

  1. Dharugdharug
  2. Dharugdharug
  3. EnglishDharuk

Borrowed from Dharug dharug (“language”).

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Dharuk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dharuk

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Chicago

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