"myall" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /maɪˈɔːl/ Audio: en-au-myall.ogg Forms: more myall [comparative], most myall [superlative]
Etymology: From Dharug mayal, miyal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|xdk|mayal}} Dharug mayal Head templates: {{en-adj}} myall (comparative more myall, superlative most myall)
  1. (Australia) According to Aboriginal tradition; traditionally indigenous. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Acacias
    Sense id: en-myall-en-adj-7qS0eDSK Disambiguation of Acacias: 14 3 39 44 Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maɪˈɔːl/ Audio: en-au-myall.ogg Forms: myalls [plural]
Etymology: From Dharug mayal, miyal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|xdk|mayal}} Dharug mayal Head templates: {{en-noun}} myall (plural myalls)
  1. (obsolete, Australian Aboriginal) A stranger; an ignorant person. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-myall-en-noun-VY8yV2KP Disambiguation of People: 11 68 13 8 Categories (other): Australian Aboriginal English
  2. (Australia) An Aboriginal person living according to tradition. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Acacias
    Sense id: en-myall-en-noun-lctZVMoj Disambiguation of Acacias: 14 3 39 44 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 5 45 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 5 52 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 3 52 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maɪˈɔːl/ Audio: en-au-myall.ogg Forms: myalls [plural]
Etymology: Aboriginal, perhaps a transferred use of Etymology 1, above. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} myall (countable and uncountable, plural myalls)
  1. Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula, or the wood of such trees. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Acacias
    Sense id: en-myall-en-noun-hBW-eekM Disambiguation of Acacias: 14 3 39 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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