Complex sentence: "Kununurra" comes from an English speaker's mis-hearing of the Miriwoong language word "gananoorrang" meaning "river", that has been incorrectly claimed to mean "big water".
Split into simpler sentences: Kununurra comes from an English speaker's mis-hearing of the Miriwoong language word "gananoorrang"meaning "river". This word has been incorrectly claimed to mean "big water".