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 listed separately and excluded from this page.

Place names

Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines
Alang-alang, Mandaue, Philippines
Arar, Saudi Arabia
Baden-Baden, Germany
Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, Philippines
Banay-Banay, Cabuyao, Philippines
Barbar, Bahrain
Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bela-Bela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
Benabena, Papua New Guinea
Berber, Sudan
Bidbid, Oman
Blup Blup, Papua New Guinea
Bongbong, Philippines
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Botbot, Pandan, Philippines
Bud Bud, West Bengal, India
Budge Budge, West Bengal, India
Bulbul, Syria
Bulo Bulo, Bolivia
Carcar, Philippines
Cárcar, Spain
Cascas, Peru
Cece, Hungary
Chak Chak, Yazd, Iran
Chake-Chake, Tanzania
Dandan, Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands
Dapdap, Philippines
Den Den, Tunisia
Dian Dian, Guinea
Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
Ee, one of the Cook Islands
Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, Italy, a wine region
Fakfak, West Papua, Indonesia
Fengfeng Mining District, Hebei, China
Gan Gan, Argentina
Gargar, Armenia: not an actual reduplication in Armenian, as the two ‘r’ sounds are different in this place name and are spelled using different letters.
Gergere, Turkey, an ancient town lying on the eastern frontier of the Cappadocia satrapy
Gergeri, Crete, Greece, named after the Anatolian Gergere, during the 10th-century Orthodox colonization of the island
Gilgil, Kenya
Gode Gode, Tanzania
Gorom-Gorom, Burkina Faso
Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines
Gya'gya, Tibet
Hhohho Region, Eswatini
Holhol, Djibouti
Hor HaHar^{[citation needed]}
Hum Hum, Bangladesh
Humayhumay, Philippines
Ii, a municipality in Finland
'Ili'ili, on Tutuila island, American Samoa
Iloilo (city) and Iloilo (province), Philippines
Irong-Irong, Iloilo Province, Philippines
Jaghjagh River, Turkey and Syria
Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines
Jiji, Nantou, Taiwan
Kankan, Guinea
Kapa Kapa, also known as Gabagaba, Papua New Guinea
Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea
Kerker, Tunisia
Kila Kila, Papua New Guinea
Kongkong River, South Sudan
Külaküla, Estonia
Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Layang-Layang Island, Sabah, Malaysia
Layang-Layang, Johor, Malaysia
Lapu-Lapu, Philippines
Lomaloma, Fiji
Loop Loop, Washington, United States
Lulu City, Colorado, United States
Mukomuko, Bengkulu, Indonesia
Musmus, Israel
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Nimnim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Nono, Argentina
Numa Numa, Papua New Guinea^[1]
Onon River, Mongolia and Russia
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Pangpang, Philippines
Pare-Pare, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Paw Paw, Illinois, United States
Paw Paw, Michigan, United States
Paw Paw, West Virginia, United States
Peʻepeʻe Falls, Hawaiʻi, United States
Piripiri, Piauí, Brazil
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Puka-Puka, French Polynesia
Pukapuka, Cook Islands
Qarqar, Syria
Quemú Quemú, Argentina
QwaQwa, former Bantustan in South Africa; the name survives as the QwaQwa campus of the University of the Free State
Raf Raf, Tunisia
Rapu-Rapu, Philippines
Safsaf, Algeria
Safsaf, Mandatory Palestine
Safsaf, Libya
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec, Canada
Salm-Salm, Holy Roman Empire
Sanga-Sanga, Philippines
Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Sa'sa', Syria
Savusavu, Fiji
Shanshan, Xinjiang, China, is not actually a reduplicated place name; the Chinese name consists of two characters, 鄯善, that are homophonic but distinct
Sing Sing, New York, United States
Sipe Sipe, Cochabamba District, Bolivia
Sipisopiso waterfall, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Songsong, Northern Mariana Islands, United States
Tabontabon, Leyte, Philippines
Tal Tal, South Africa^[2]
Talon-Talon, Philippines
Tan-Tan, Morocco
Taran Taran, Pakistan
Tartar, Azerbaijan
Tartar, Switzerland
Tartar Island, Antarctica
Tata, Hungary
Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Taytay, Palawan, Philippines
Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines
Torres Torres, Spain
Tourtour, France
Tsili Tsili, Papua New Guinea
Tyatya, Russia
Walewale, Ghana
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Wangi-Wangi [id], Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Warawara Lake (Cochabamba), Bolivia
Wawa, Ontario, Canada
Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States
Wawa, Pilar, Philippines
Wawa, Sudan
Wawa, Togo
Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Xique-Xique, Brazil
Yaya River, Russia
Zamzam Well, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Zarzar Lake, Syria
Zaza Dam, Cuba
Zaza Reservoir, Cuba
Zanzan, Ivory Coast
Zorzor, Liberia

References

^ "ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ "SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 January 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

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[1] "ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

[2] "SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 January 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

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