Wagga Wagga

English

The railway bridge over Tarcutta Street in Wagga Wagga

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. The City of Wagga Wagga, a local government area in New South Wales, which includes the city proper.

Related terms

• Wagga (slang)

Translations

city in New South Wales

• Arabic: واجا واجا (wāǧā wāǧā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沃加沃加 (Wòjiāwòjiā)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ウォガウォガ (Wogawoga)
• Korean: 와가와가 (Wagawaga)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
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• Spanish: Wagga Wagga
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References

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