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Where does “Camberra” come from?
Camberra (Portuguese) comes from English Canberra, from Ngunawal kamberra — meeting place.
Ancestry of “Camberra”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
Canberra
The Australian federal government
2
Ngunawal
kamberra
meeting place
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