"bora ground" meaning in All languages combined

See bora ground on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bora grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bora ground (plural bora grounds)
  1. (Australia) A sacred patch of land where a bora is carried out. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-bora_ground-en-noun-56ztnxQK Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They came here to the place of their old bora ground / Where now the many white men hurry about like ants."
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          "ref": "2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 139:",
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