Walla Walla

See also: walla and Walla

English

Etymology

For the Walla Walla people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/

Proper noun

Walla Walla

1. A city, the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
2. The Walla Walla River, a tributary of the Columbia River in Washington, United States.
3. A town in Greater Hume Shire, in southern New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Walla Walla County

Noun

Walla Walla pl (plural only)

1. A Sahaptin indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau.

Noun

Walla Walla (plural Walla Wallas)

1. A kind of sweet onion from Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
2. A place where two rivers meet. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

References

• Putnam, George Palmer (1915) In the Oregon Country; Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California, Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making‎^[1], New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, retrieved 2022-07-20, pages 26–27