murree

/ ˈmʌrɪ /

noun

1. a native Australian

Word History and Origins

Origin of murree¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

In 2017, an illegal car crashed in Murree, Punjab, killing 11 passengers as it plummeted into a ravine.

From BBC

Ten people were killed when a cable car lift installed by local villagers in the popular mountain resort of Murree broke and fell into a ravine hundreds of feet deep in 2017.

From Seattle Times

"One of my sisters was married in Amritsar. My brother-in-law visited us in April 1947 and persuaded my father to send us with him. He knew that trouble was brewing. So, in the summer of that year, we were sent to Shimla, which is part of India, instead of Murree where we would normally spend our vacations."

From BBC

Wazir Murree, a local police official, said rescuers transported the dead and wounded to hospitals, where an emergency had been declared.

From Seattle Times

From Russia’s Alexandra Trusova performing in the women short program during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, to a woman’s grief after she lost her family member during a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, to the beauty of a large ice disk slowly rotating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

From Seattle Times