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Original and Common
Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory - O
The original name and the common stand apart by a sound.
Burra – and Parra – how many approximations of sounds can be heard.
To say it in Arabic is to say the original. There is no letter p and its closest is a b. I call it Burramatta with family and then Parramatta outside.
The word belongs to the river, the oldest orientation there is.