Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [guh-lah]
- /gəˈlɑ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [guh-lah]
- /gəˈlɑ/
Definitions of galah word
- noun galah an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having rose-colored underparts. 1
- noun galah Australian. a fool. 1
- noun galah A small Australian cockatoo with a gray back and rosy pink head and underparts, abundant and regarded as a pest. 1
- noun galah an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having grey wings, back, and crest and a pink body 0
- noun galah a fool or simpleton 0
- noun galah a pink and gray cockatoo (Cacatua roseicapilla) that is widely distributed in inland Australia and is popular as a cage bird 0
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Origin of galah
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90; < Yuwaalaraay (Australian Aboriginal language spoken near Lightning Ridge, N New South Wales) gilā
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Parts of speech for Galah
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
galah popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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galah usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with galah
- how to tell if a galah is male or female?
- how to cook a galah?
- what does galah mean?
- what to feed a baby galah?
- how to tell the age of a galah?
- how to tame a galah?
- what is a flaming galah?
- what is galah?
- what does a galah eat?
- how to train a galah?
- what is a galah?
- how long does a galah live for?
- how to sex a galah?
- how to tell the sex of a galah?