List of reduplicated place names
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This is a list of places with reduplication in their names, often as a result of the grammatical rules of the languages from which the names are derived.
Duplicated names from the indigenous languages of Australia and New Zealand are listed separately and excluded from this page.
Place names
- Aa, several rivers in Europe. In Danish and Norwegian, Aa represents the Å vowel, and in these cases Aa merely represents a digraph.
- Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines
- Arar, Saudi Arabia
- Azaz, Syria
- Baden-Baden, Germany
- Barbar, Bahrain
- Bau-Bau, Indonesia
- Bela-Bela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
- Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
- Benabena, Papua New Guinea
- Berber, Sudan
- Bidbid, Oman
- Bío Bío River, Chile
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Bud Bud, West Bengal, India
- Budge Budge, West Bengal, India
- Bulbul, Syria
- Bulo Bulo, Bolivia
- Calle-Calle, River, Chile
- Carcar, Metro Cebu, Philippines
- Cárcar, Spain
- Cascas, Peru
- Cece, Hungary
- Chake-Chake, Tanzania
- Dandan, Saipan. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands
- Den Den, Tunisia
- Dian Dian, Guinea
- Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
- Ee, a village in The Netherlands
- Ee, one of the Cook Islands
- Fakfak, West Papua, Indonesia
- Fengfeng Mining District, Hebei, China
- Gargar, Armenia
- Gergere, Turkey, an ancient town lying on the eastern frontier of the Cappadocia satrapy
- Gergeri, Crete, Greece, named after the Anatolian Gergere, during the 10th-century Orthodox colonization of the island
- Gilgil, Kenya
- Gode Gode, Tanzania
- Gorom-Gorom, Burkina Faso
- Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines
- Hhohho Region, Swaziland
- Holhol, Djibouti
- Ii, a municipality in Finland
- 'Ili'ili, on Tutuila island, American Samoa
- Iloilo (city) and Iloilo (province), Philippines
- Irong-Irong, Iloilo Province, Philippines
- Jaghjagh River, Turkey and Syria
- Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines
- Kankan, Guinea
- Kapa Kapa, also known as Gabagaba, Papua New Guinea
- Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea
- Kerker, Tunisia
- Kila Kila, Papua New Guinea
- Kongkong River, South Sudan
- Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
- Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands
- Llay-Llay, Chile
- Lleulleu lake, Chile
- Lomaloma, Fiji
- Loop Loop, Washington, United States
- Lulu City, Colorado, United States
- Marga Marga, province, Chile
- Nene, England
- New York, New York, United States
- Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- Nimnim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Numa Numa, Papua New Guinea[1]
- Onon River, Mongolia and Russia
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Pare-Pare, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Paw Paw, Michigan, United States
- Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
- Puka-Puka, French Polynesia
- Pukapuka, Cook Islands
- Qarqar, Syria
- QwaQwa, former Bantustan in South Africa; the name survives as the QwaQwa campus of the University of the Free State
- Raf Raf, Tunisia
- Safsaf, Algeria
- Safsaf, Israel
- Safsaf, Libya
- Salm-Salm, Holy Roman Empire
- Sa'sa', Syria
- Savusavu, Fiji
- Shanshan, Xinjiang, China, is not actually a reduplicated place name; the Chinese name consists of two characters, 鄯善, that are homophonic but distinct
- Sing Sing, New York, United States
- Sipe Sipe, Cochabamba District, Bolivia
- Tal Tal, South Africa[2]
- Taltal, Chile
- Tan-Tan, Morocco
- Taran Taran, Pakistan
- Tartar, Azerbaijan
- Tartar, Switzerland
- Tartar Island, Antarctica
- Tata, Hungary
- Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
- Taytay, Palawan, Philippines
- Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
- Tiltil, Chile
- Tourtour, France
- Tsili Tsili, Papua New Guinea
- Walla Walla, Washington, United States
- Warawara Lake (Cochabamba), Bolivia
- Wawa, Ontario, Canada
- Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States
- Wawa, Sudan
- Wawa, Togo
- Xai-Xai, Mozambique
- Zamzam Well, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Zarzar Lake, Syria
- Zaza Dam, Cuba
- Zaza Reservoir, Cuba
- Zanzan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Zorzor, Liberia
See also
References
- ^ "ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 January 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2013.