Definitions

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  • proper noun The southern-most community on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia.

Etymologies

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From a Pama-Nyungan language,  (Kalowendah, "Place of the beech trees").

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Examples

  • Caloundra actually, the steps at Woolcot beach are half buried.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » This is why the Playboy Mansion sits atop a very high hill. 2010

  • He played rugby league for the Caloundra Sharks in high school and was picked to play rugby for the Queensland Schoolboys and represent the state, but he chose to go on a field trip with his dad to catch reptiles instead.

    Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007

  • He played rugby league for the Caloundra Sharks in high school and was picked to play rugby for the Queensland Schoolboys and represent the state, but he chose to go on a field trip with his dad to catch reptiles instead.

    Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007

  • The next night Steve and I went to dinner in Caloundra, a nearby town.

    Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007

  • The next night Steve and I went to dinner in Caloundra, a nearby town.

    Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007

  • Beaches without flies, though... hmm, there are some nice ones up the coast, near Caloundra, though there are a lot of people there.

    The worst thing about summer StyleyGeek 2006

  • Police and teachers have been on alert at Caloundra State School and Caloundra High in recent weeks after several reports of an unknown man, or men, targeting students on the way to or home from school.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Eight people treated after Caloundra unit fire AT LEAST eight people are being treated by paramedics after a unit fire at Caloundra, on the Sunshine Coast.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • She was taken to Caloundra Hospital as a precaution.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • She was taken to Caloundra Hospital as a precaution.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

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