Etymology

Wagga Wagga

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Wiradjuri wagga
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  1. Wiradjuri · derived fromwagga“crow”
  2. English todayWagga Wagga

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'.

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