How to pronounce Woolloomooloo?

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Pronunciation of Woolloomooloo in North-west NSW - Spent many years in Sydney.

Woolloomooloo is pronounced as

w UU l uh m uh l OO

w sounds like the 'w' in 'win'
uu sounds like the 'u' in 'put'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'


Woolloomooloo is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ w UU l uh m uh l OO ]

w UU l uh m uh l OO
win put let up me up let food

Type of Name:

Name of a harbourside suburb of Sydney.

Language:

Aboriginal

Meaning:

The meaning is contested: see in Wikipedia.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Woolloomooloo in North-west NSW - Spent many years in Sydney.

WOOL uh muh LOO
First syllable rhymes with 'pull', 'full', not 'pool'.


Type of Name:

Name of a harbourside suburb of Sydney.

Language:

Aboriginal

Meaning:

The meaning is contested: see in Wikipedia.


Comments:

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