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   Bullamakanka

   /ˌbʊləməˈkaŋkə/

   noun

   • 1. a humorous name for any remote place, especially one considered backward: informal Australian "they started producing wines in the back of Bullamakanka"

   Word Origin 1940s: a fanciful coinage, perhaps derived from the pidgin phrase bulla macow ‘cattle, bully beef’.

   Scrabble Points: 24

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