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[]
- Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines
- Alang-alang, Mandaue, Philippines
- Arar, Saudi Arabia
- Baden-Baden, Germany
- Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, Philippines
- Banay-Banay, Cabuyao, Philippines
- Barbar, Bahrain
- Baubau, Indonesia
- Bela-Bela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
- Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
- Benabena, Papua New Guinea
- Berber, Sudan
- Bidbid, Oman
- Bío Bío River, Chile
- Blup Blup, Papua New Guinea
- Bongbong, Philippines
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Botbot, Pandan, Philippines
- Bud Bud, West Bengal, India
- Budge Budge, West Bengal, India
- Bulbul, Syria
- Bulo Bulo, Bolivia
- Calle-Calle River, Chile
- Carcar, Philippines
- Cárcar, Spain
- Cascas, Peru
- Cece, Hungary
- Chak Chak, Yazd, Iran
- Chake-Chake, Tanzania
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- Dandan, Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands
- Dapdap, Philippines
- Den Den, Tunisia
- Dian Dian, Guinea
- Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
- Ee, one of the Cook Islands
- Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, Italy, a wine region
- Fakfak, West Papua, Indonesia
- Fengfeng Mining District, Hebei, China
- Gan Gan, Argentina
- 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
- Gya'gya, Tibet
- Hhohho Region, Eswatini
- Holhol, Djibouti
- Hum Hum, Bangladesh
- Humayhumay, Philippines
- 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
- Jiji, Nantou, Taiwan
- 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
- Külaküla, Estonia
- Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
- Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
- Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands
- Layang-Layang Island, Sabah, Malaysia
- Layang-Layang, Johor, Malaysia
- Lapu-Lapu, Philippines
- Llay-Llay, Chile
- Lleulleu Lake, Chile
- Lomaloma, Fiji
- Loop Loop, Washington, United States
- Lulu City, Colorado, United States
- Marga Marga, province, Chile
- Musmus, Israel
- Nene, England
- Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- Nimnim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Nono, Argentina
- Numa Numa, Papua New Guinea[1]
- Onon River, Mongolia and Russia
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Pangpang, Philippines
- Pare-Pare, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Paw Paw, Illinois, United States
- Paw Paw, Michigan, United States
- Paw Paw, West Virginia, United States
- Peʻepeʻe Falls, Hawaiʻi, United States
- Piripiri, Piauí, Brazil
- Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
- Puka-Puka, French Polynesia
- Pukapuka, Cook Islands
- Qarqar, Syria
- Quemú Quemú, Argentina
- 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
- Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec, Canada
- Salm-Salm, Holy Roman Empire
- Sanga-Sanga, Philippines
- Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
- 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
- Songsong, Northern Mariana Islands, United States
- Tabontabon, Leyte, Philippines
- , South Africa[2]
- Taltal, Chile
- Talon-Talon, Philippines
- 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
- Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines
- Torres Torres, Spain
- Tourtour, France
- Tsili Tsili, Papua New Guinea
- Tuntum, Brazil
- Tyatya, Russia
- Walewale, Ghana
- Walla Walla, Washington, United States
- Warawara Lake (Cochabamba), Bolivia
- Wawa, Ontario, Canada
- Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States
- Wawa, Pilar, Philippines
- Wawa, Sudan
- Wawa, Togo
- Xai-Xai, Mozambique
- Xique-Xique, Brazil
- Yaya River, Russia
- Zamzam Well, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Zarzar Lake, Syria
- Zaza Dam, Cuba
- Zaza Reservoir, Cuba
- Zanzan, Ivory Coast
- 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.
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