pindan

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noun

The vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Originbcj bindan →
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Meanings

nounpindan (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    After leaving Derby, while riding through the Pindan we passed one such, Jack Wilson, the ‘Little Iron Man.’

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 2
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    While the fever of spring meetings is raging in Australia's cities, the sporting enthusiasm burns just as brightly in the pindan deserts of the North-west, and along the great rivers of the Territory.

    1937, Ernestine Hill, The Great Australian Loneliness

Origin

  1. bcjbindan“native bushland”
  2. Englishpindan

From Bardi bindan (“native bushland”).

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APA

pindan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pindan

MLA

“pindan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pindan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pindan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pindan.

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