Uluru Uluru Uluru (, Pitjantjatjara: '), also known as Ayers Rock () and officially gazetted as "UluruAyers Rock", is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. It lies south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Uluru and Kata Tjuta, also known as the Olgas, are the two major features of
Paronymic attraction or proper) or a common concept. For example, in the French language, "interpoler" (to add something in the middle of writing) and "interpeller" (to question someone formally) are sometimes substituted for each other because of their similar sound, despite their differences in meaning. Paronymic attraction In etymology, including onomastics, paronymic attraction is the distorting effect exerted on a word by one of its paronyms (that is, a quasi-homonym). Paronymic attraction is the origin of many names. The attraction can even be cross-linguistic: the resemblance between the Romanian language word "locaţie" (a space for which a rent should be paid) and