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Pronunciation of Gumeracha in South Australia
| g | is pronounced as | g | in go | |
| uu | is pronounced as | u | in put | |
| m | is pronounced as | m | in me | |
| er | is pronounced as | ur | in hurt | |
| ae | is pronounced as | a | in at | |
| k | is pronounced as | k | in key | |
| uh | is pronounced as | u | in up |
Phonetic Spelling:[ g uu - m er - AE - k uh ]
g
uu
-
m
er
-
AE
-
k
uh
go
put
me
hurt
at
key
up
Type of Name:
Name of town in South Australia
Language:
Australian Aboriginal
Alternate Spelling(s):
none
Meaning:
reputedly a corruption or adaption of the local Aboriginal (Peramangk people) word 'umeracha' which meant 'good watering hole'
Additional Information:
Captain William Beavis Randell, pioneer of the Murray River boat trade, created Kenton Park Estate in the area in 1837 and built a flour mill in the 1840s. The town, 36km to the north-east of Adelaide in South Australia, was created in the 1840s by the South Australian Company on land it had bought from Randell. How it came to be chosen by officials of the South Australian Company in London in 1841 for the name of a new town in the Adelaide Hills is a mystery.
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Pronunciation of Gumeracha in South Australia
'Gum'-er-A-cka
er rhymes with "per"
a as in "bat"
cha as in "cat" (ch = hard c)
Type of Name:
Name of town in South Australia
Language:
Australian Aboriginal
Alternate Spelling(s):
none
Meaning:
reputedly a corruption or adaption of the local Aboriginal (Peramangk people) word 'umeracha' which meant 'good watering hole'
Additional Information:
Captain William Beavis Randell, pioneer of the Murray River boat trade, created Kenton Park Estate in the area in 1837 and built a flour mill in the 1840s. The town, 36km to the north-east of Adelaide in South Australia, was created in the 1840s by the South Australian Company on land it had bought from Randell. How it came to be chosen by officials of the South Australian Company in London in 1841 for the name of a new town in the Adelaide Hills is a mystery.
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