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Whyalla

American  
[wahy-al-uh, hwahy-] / waɪˈæl ə, ʰwaɪ- /

noun

  1. a city in South Australia.


Whyalla British  
/ waɪˈælə /

noun

  1. a port in S South Australia, on Spencer Gulf: iron and steel and shipbuilding industries. Pop: 21 271 (2001)

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Court filings identify one of the distributors as being located in Whyalla Stuart, Australia, a tiny town on the country’s southern coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

But inhabitants of the small Australian steel town of Whyalla tipped scientists off in the late 1990s that cuttlefish were swarming on the coast.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

In Australia, GFG owns the Whyalla steelworks in South Australia, and the nearby iron ore mines which feed it.

From BBC • May 30, 2021

Add to that, the second steelmaker, Arrium, based in Whyalla, had gone into bankruptcy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2020

But most posters on the Whyalla highway depict neither of these major-party candidates.

From Economist • Jun. 16, 2016