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bombora

noun

  1. stretch of water where the waves break over a submerged reef
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Australian Aboriginal, most likely Dharug bumbora (“a current off Dobroyd Head, Port Jackson”).

  1. A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.

    “The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora.”

    “The remainder of my life was indoor stuff […] but even from school I could see the bomboras breaking way out to sea on a high swell, there at the corner of my eye.”