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How to pronounce Gumeracha?

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Pronunciation of Gumeracha in South Australia

The pronunciation of Gumeracha is

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g uu - m er - AE - k uh
  • g sounds like the 'g' in go
  • uu sounds like the 'u' in put
  • m sounds like the 'm' in me
  • er sounds like the 'ur' in hurt
  • ae sounds like the 'a' in at
  • k sounds like the 'k' in key
  • uh sounds like the 'u' in up

"Captain William Beavis Randell, pioneer of the Murray River boat trade, created Kenton Park Estate in the area in 1837 and built a flour mill in the 1840s. The town, 36km to the north-east of Adelaide in South Australia, was created in the 1840s by the South Australian Company on land it had bought from Randell. How it came to be chosen by officials of the South Australian Company in London in 1841 for the name of a new town in the Adelaide Hills is a mystery."

Type of Name: Name Of Town In South Australia
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Other spelling(s): None
Meaning: Reputedly A Corruption Or Adaption Of The Local Aboriginal (Peramangk People) Word 'umeracha' Which Meant 'good Watering Hole'


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Pronunciation of Gumeracha in South Australia

The pronunciation of Gumeracha is

'Gum'-er-A-cka

er rhymes with "per"
a as in "bat"
cha as in "cat" (ch = hard c)

"Captain William Beavis Randell, pioneer of the Murray River boat trade, created Kenton Park Estate in the area in 1837 and built a flour mill in the 1840s. The town, 36km to the north-east of Adelaide in South Australia, was created in the 1840s by the South Australian Company on land it had bought from Randell. How it came to be chosen by officials of the South Australian Company in London in 1841 for the name of a new town in the Adelaide Hills is a mystery."

Type of Name: Name Of Town In South Australia
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Other spelling(s): None
Meaning: Reputedly A Corruption Or Adaption Of The Local Aboriginal (Peramangk People) Word 'umeracha' Which Meant 'good Watering Hole'


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