Wonga
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Wonga is an Australian English
word of Aboriginal origin. It may refer to:
Australian English
Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language....
word of Aboriginal origin. It may refer to:
- Wonga pigeonWonga PigeonThe Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia....
- Wonga vinePandoreaPandorea is a genus of 6 species, of woody climbing vines and creepers in the family Bignoniaceae. They are native to Malesia, Australia and New Caledonia. The two most widely cultivated, mainly for their showy flowers, are the Australian species P. jasminoides and P. pandorana...
- Wonga Park suburb in VictoriaWonga Park, VictoriaWonga Park a locality within Greater Melbourne beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, 29 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham...
- Aboriginal elder Simon WongaSimon WongaSimon Wonga ngurungaeta and son of Billibellary, was an elder of the Wurundjeri indigenous people who lived in the Melbourne area of Australia.In 1840 Simon Wonga injured his foot in the Dandenongs...
- Wonga Beach townshipWonga Beach, QueenslandWonga Beach is a small rural residential area, north of Cairns in Queensland Australia, named after the Torres Strait Wonga Pigeon.- Geography :...
, Queensland - It is often also used as a slang term for moneyMoneyMoney is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
in certain parts of Britain, and gave its name to a contest on UK television show The Big Breakfast.