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These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian
Postcodes
Double Barrelled Place Names in Australia
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These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' ( proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
such as Wiradjuri
The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...
. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
" ''many crows'' and " Tilba Tilba" ''many waters''.
The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular culture, including the song by Australian folk singer Greg Champion
Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete.
Biography
Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often app ...
(written by Jim Haynes and Greg Champion
Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete.
Biography
Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often app ...
), ''Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga''. British comedian Spike Milligan
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his ...
, an erstwhile resident of Woy Woy
Woy Woy is a coastal town in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water north of Sydney. It is a population centre within the local government area.
Woy Woy is located in the no ...
, once wrote "Woy it is called Woy Woy Oi will never know".
Place names
See also
* Reduplication for general linguistic analysis *List of reduplicated place names
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, Chile and New Zealand are l ...
* List of reduplicated New Zealand place names
This is a list of places in New Zealand with reduplicated names, often as a result of the grammatical rules of the Māori language from which many of the names derive.
In Maori, both partial and full reduplication occurs. The change in sense is ...
* List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin
Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons:
* Historically, European explorers and surveyors may have asked local Aboriginal people the name of a place, and named it according ...
* List of tautological place names
A place name is tautological if two differently sounding parts of it are synonymous. This often occurs when a name from one language is imported into another and a standard descriptor is added on from the second language. Thus, for example, New ...
Postcodes
References
Further reading
* Kennedy, Brian, & Kennedy, Barbara. & Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (2006) ''Australian place names'' ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, N.S.W. * Reed, A. W. (1967) ''Aboriginal place names'' Sydney ; Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed. (pbk)External links
Double Barrelled Place Names in Australia
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