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A locality in the Ballina council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A little brook.
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noun
a small brook
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brook, creek
History
Etymology tree English brook Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English brooklet From brook + -let.
Across languages
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