corroboree

or cor·rob·bo·ree

[ kuh-rob-uh-ree ]

noun

, Australian.

1. an assembly of Aboriginal people typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.
2. a social gathering, especially of a boisterous nature.

corroboree

/ kəˈrɒbərɪ /

noun

1. a native assembly of sacred, festive, or warlike character
2. informal.
   any noisy gathering

Word History and Origins

Origin of corroboree¹

First recorded in 1793, corroboree is from the Dharuk word ga-ra-ba-ra “dance”

Word History and Origins

Origin of corroboree¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

He began modelling after being scouted in the city and had acting roles in the 2007 film Corroboree and 2011's My Little Princess, which starred Isabelle Huppert.

From BBC

He and other scientists acknowledge that the culling is an ugly task to save other species, like the corroboree frog and the broad-toothed rat — which are found nowhere else in the world — from extinction.

From New York Times

Eventually, it moved six koalas; nearly 1,000 endangered northern corroboree frogs; 22 especially precious brush-tailed rock wallabies, whose genetics are key to a breeding program meant to reestablish a population that is nearing extinction in the wild, and 26 endangered eastern bettongs, which already went extinct on the mainland but are being reintroduced.

From New York Times

They include three critically endangered species: the southern corroboree frog, the regent honeyeater bird and the western ground parrot.

From Reuters

He names seven species that he says would be extinct without Taronga's intervention: the Bellinger River turtle, the Lister's gecko, the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink, the Northern Corroboree frog, the Southern Corroboree frog, the yellow-spotted bell frog, the Booroolong frog.

From BBC