Cowandilla, South Australia

Cowandilla is a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. It is located a few kilometres west of the CBD, close to Adelaide Airport. Sir Donald Bradman Drive crosses the middle of the suburb.
Its name is derived from the Kaurna name Kawandilla (Kawantilla), meaning "in the north". "Kauwanta" is the Kaurna word for north, and the suffix -"illa" means "in". However it does not reflect a place known by the Kaurna as Kawandilla (whose location is somewhat vague and possibly non-existent); when the village was established in the present location of the suburb in 1840, the developers gave it this name because they thought it meant something to do with "water" (the word "kauwi") (hence also "Kauwantilla"). The whole of Greater Adelaide lies on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.