Balanda
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Balanda is a noun meaning (Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) A white person, a European.
Meaning
(Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) A white person, a European.
Example Sentences
Then I understood that this ‘balanda’ means people with skins like the white clay.
There are a lot of fans both balanda white and yolngu (east Arnhem Land Aborigines).
Balanda! If Aborigine e says something ... e want to stop im Balanda ... e might listen.
That’s the only road back for them […] to be rid of all your partonising, domineering balanda ways.
Word Forms
- balandas
- ballanda
- ballander
Synonyms for balanda
Depending on context, synonyms include gubbah, migaloo, whitefella.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whitefella, full-blood, fulla, aboriginal, aborigine, native.
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