English Explanatory Dictionary

Wagga Wagga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˌwɒɡə ˈwɒɡə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Wagga Wagga.wav

Word forms

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'.

Related words

Wagga

Derived words

East Wagga Wagga North Wagga Wagga

Translations

Arabic: واجا واجا Chinese Mandarin: 沃加沃加 Japanese: ウォガウォガ Korean: 와가와가 Spanish: Wagga Wagga
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on W Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary