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Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Means "girl" in the Gumbaynggir language from mid-north New South Wales. It occurs as the name of a village near Coffs Harbour, where the language originates. It also means "woman" or "beauty" in a Tasmanian dialect. The name appeared in Castleden Dove's Lowanna: An Australian School Story (1925), about a rich, worldly girl called Lowanna Laurenson.