Definitions

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  • proper noun A giant free-standing rock in Central Australia, previously known by its colonial name, Ayers Rock.

Etymologies

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Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu; an old family name, possibly great pebble or Earth mother.

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Examples

  • Going even further, the name Uluru even sounds better.

    [ayer's rock] a question of repeated conquest 2009

  • Going even further, the name Uluru even sounds better.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • After a night in the "red centre", it's straight to the most famous sight: the dome of glowing sandstone known as Uluru Ayers Rock.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Barbara Tjikatu, a traditional owner of Uluru, which is also known as Ayers Rock, and the only surviving Aboriginal tracker who searched for Azaria the night she disappeared, told Ten Network television news on Tuesday that she had no doubt that a dingo took the baby.

    Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, Wrongly Accused Mother, Renews Plea To Name Dingo As Baby's Killer 2010

  • The audience, which ranges in age from 18 to 75, will be split into several smaller groups and sent off to explore the glittering Great Barrier Reef, the crocodile-infested rainforests of northern Oz, and the famous red monolith called Uluru, located in the remote and dusty Outback.

    WATCH: Oprah's Trip Winners Touch Down In Australia CBS News/AP 2010

  • The audience, which ranges in age from 18 to 75, will be split into several smaller groups and sent off to explore the glittering Great Barrier Reef, the crocodile-infested rainforests of northern Oz, and the famous red monolith called Uluru, located in the remote and dusty Outback.

    WATCH: Oprah's Trip Winners Touch Down In Australia CBS News/AP 2010

  • The audience, which ranges in age from 18 to 75, will be split into several smaller groups and sent off to explore the glittering Great Barrier Reef, the crocodile-infested rainforests of northern Oz, and the famous red monolith called Uluru, located in the remote and dusty Outback.

    WATCH: Oprah's Trip Winners Touch Down In Australia CBS News/AP 2010

  • The audience, which ranges in age from 18 to 75, will be split into several smaller groups and sent off to explore the glittering Great Barrier Reef, the crocodile-infested rainforests of northern Oz, and the famous red monolith called Uluru, located in the remote and dusty Outback.

    WATCH: Oprah's Trip Winners Touch Down In Australia CBS News/AP 2010

  • Patrick Barta One of Australia's most famous national icons, Ayers Rock (known as Uluru by the local Aboriginal people) is a relatively short flight from Perth.

    In and Around Perth 2008

  • The disappearance of 9-week-old Azaria Chamberlain on Aug. 17, 1980, from a campsite near Ayers Rock, the red monolith in the Australian desert now known by its Aboriginal name Uluru, divided Australians between those who believed a native dog known as a dingo killed her and those who believed she was murdered by her mother, Lindy Chamberlain.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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