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English
Etymology
Aboriginal Australian, an anglicization of a Nyunga language word from Western Australia describing a naturally-formed rock hole and its retained rain water.[1]
Noun
gnamma (plural gnammas)
- (Australia, geology) A hollow or hole that is eroded or indented in bare rock, in which water collects.
- Synonym: gnamma hole
References
- ^ Timms, B. V. (2013) “Geomorphology of pit gnammas in southwestern Australia”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, number 96, retrieved 9 January 2022, page 7