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Obviously, I already know Walla Wall & Bora Bora.

2006-10-31 04:00:53 · 7 answers · asked by houlihanoriley 2 in Science & Mathematics Geography

Errrr - I'm sorry - some clarification. It's not a city, state thing, it's an actual name that repeats as the city name - walla walla, pango pango. It's when the city name 2 identical words without the state or anything else....

2006-10-31 04:11:57 · update #1

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Woywoy (a town in New South Wales, Australia, where Spike
Milligan grew up)
Xai-Xai (a town in Mozambique)
Zam Zam (a town in Sudan)
Taqtaq (a town in Iraq)
Paw Paw (a town in West Virginia)
Nyae Nyae (a territory of Namibia)
Hibhib (a town in Iraq)

(A very simple form of "reduplication" builds a new word or phrase by repeating a given word or phrase. An example of such a pattern is the word "tom tom". This is a very primitive human impulse that begins with baby talk. Words like these are sometimes called "tautonyms". )

for more such duplicating words pl. visit:
http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~burkardt/fun/wordplay/tom_tom.html

2006-10-31 04:31:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Paw Paw, West Virginia, USA
Puka Puka, French Polynesia (Tuamotu archipelago)
Puka Puka, Cook Islands
Wagga Wagga, Australia
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Woywoy, Australia
Xai Xai, Mozambique
Zam Zam, Sudan

2006-10-31 13:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by Keith P 7 · 1 0

Chihuahua, Chihuahua
New York, New York

2006-10-31 12:09:36 · answer #3 · answered by MoMoney23 5 · 0 0

Don't forget New Haven, CT. Boola Boola.

2013-12-11 11:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0 0

Pau Pau

2006-10-31 12:13:10 · answer #5 · answered by Naftal J 2 · 0 0

there's also Bella Bella, in British Columbia.

2006-11-01 10:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0 0

well what about pango pango and one of my personal favorites ny ny .....

2006-10-31 12:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by nativegurl <!-- START YAH 3 · 0 0

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