Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga

English

The railway bridge over Tarcutta Street in Wagga Wagga

Etymology

Reduplication of Wiradhuri 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 New South Wales, Australia.

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 Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: Wagga Wagga Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• “Geographical Names Register Extract”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, Geographical Names Board of NSW, accessed 2007-04-25