Wagga Wagga

English

Etymology

Reduplication of Wiradjuri wagga (“crow”), where it pluralises the word.

Other translations have also attributed the word wagga to mean 'reeling (like a sick man or a dizzy man)' to 'dance, slide or grind'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌwɒɡə ˈwɒɡə/

Proper noun

Wagga Wagga

  1. A city in southern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A local government area in New South Wales, which includes the city proper; in full, the City of Wagga Wagga.

Translations

References

  • “Geographical Names Register Extract”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], Geographical Names Board of NSW, 25 April 2007 (last accessed)
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