Warragil
/ˈwɒr.ə.ɡɪl/noun
An Australian Aboriginal loanword meaning a dingo or other wild dog.
Did you know?Warragil is an alternative spelling of warrigal, a word recorded in colonial Australian English from an Aboriginal language of the Sydney region, commonly identified as Dharuk.
Etymological Timeline
Before European colonization
Dharuk
warigal
“A wild dog or dingo; the precise original form varies in historical records.”
Late 18th Century
Aboriginal Australian languages
warrigal
“A term used by European observers for the native Australian wild dog.”
1790s–Early 19th Century
Australian English
warrigal
“A dingo or wild dog, adopted into colonial vocabulary.”
19th Century
Australian English
warragal
“A variant spelling referring to a dingo or wild dog.”
Modern English
Australian English
warragil
“A less common variant spelling of warrigal, meaning dingo or wild dog.”