How to pronounce kookaburra
American English pronunciation
KOOK-uh-bur-uh
- IPA
- /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/
- Syllables
- KOOK · uh · bur · uh (4 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What kookaburra means
An Australian bird whose call sounds like loud laughing
In a sentence: At sunrise, a kookaburra in the gum tree let out its noisy, giggling call.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from guuguubarra, a name for the bird in an Aboriginal Australian language.
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