Warigal
/ˈwɒrɪɡəl/noun
An Australian Aboriginal term and historical Australian English word for a wild dog or dingo.
Did you know?Warigal entered colonial Australian English from an Aboriginal language of the Sydney region, where early European observers used it for wild or semi-wild dogs.
Etymological Timeline
Late 18th Century
Dharuk
waaragal / waragal
“A wild dog or dingo”
1790s
English
warrigal
“A term recorded by early European settlers in the Sydney region for a wild dog”
19th Century
Australian English
warrigal
“A dingo, or a supposedly wild and troublesome person”
Modern English
Australian English
warigal
“A historical or regional name for a dingo or wild dog”
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