Noosa Heads

English

Etymology

From a Pama-Nyungan language term noosa ("shade, shadows") + the English term heads (“headlands”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːsə ˈhedz/
• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːsə ˈhɛdz/

Proper noun

Noosa Heads

1. A coastal town and suburb, one of the three major centres of the Shire of Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, bounded in part by the Noosa River and the headlands of the Noosa National Park.

Related terms

• Noosaville
• Noosa Junction