Etymograph

English

Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga comes from Wiradjuri wagga ‘crow’.

  1. Wiradjurimodernwagga‘crow’
  2. EnglishtodayWagga Wagga

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Wiradjurimodernwagga‘crow’
  2. EnglishtodayWagga Wagga

Made of the words Wagga + Wagga

The story

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'.

Every English word from Wiradjuri wagga

Today it means

name A city in southern New South Wales, Australia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Wiradjuri wagga / Wagga Wagga

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