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bombora
noun
[ bɒmˈbɔːrə ]
• a wave which forms over a submerged offshore reef or rock, sometimes breaking heavily and producing a dangerous stretch of broken water.
Origin:
1930s: from an Aboriginal word, perhaps Dharuk bumbora .
