Nullarbor Plain

[ nuhl-er-bawr, nuhl-ahr-ber ]

noun

1. a treeless, semiarid area of southern Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.

Nullarbor Plain

/ ˈnʌləˌbɔː /

noun

1. a vast low plateau of S Australia: extends north from the Great Australian Bight to the Great Victoria Desert; has no surface water or trees. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nullarbor Plain¹

From Latin nullus “no, none” + arbor “tree”

Example Sentences

The record-breaking rain flooded sections of the Nullarbor Plain, a vast mostly barren area, closing off roads and cutting off the main rail link to the east, both crucial freight links.

From New York Times

About: A stepping-off point for Kangaroo Island, the Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain, Adelaide is within easy driving distance of South Australia’s most prestigious vineyards in the Barossa and McLaren Vale.

From Seattle Times

The art is considered sacred to the Indigenous Mirning people who live on the Nullarbor Plain.

From Seattle Times

The Nullarbor Plain art, which are designs carved into the chalk limestone walls of the Koonalda Cave, has special significance for the region's Aboriginal Mirning people.

From BBC

He traveled to the Arctic, the Galapagos, Kenya, the Grand Canyon, Antarctica, Namibia, Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, not to see them but to learn them.

From Los Angeles Times