Car·pen·tar·i·a (kär p n-târ  -), Gulf of A wide inlet of the Arafura Sea indenting the northern coast of Australia. |
Carpentaria [ˌkɑːpənˈtɛərɪə]
n
(Placename) Gulf of. a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula
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| Noun | 1. | Carpentaria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony |
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