Walla Walla
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Walla Walla
- A city, the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
- The Walla Walla River, a tributary of the Columbia River in Washington, United States.
- A town in Greater Hume Shire, in southern New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms
Noun
Walla Walla pl (plural only)
- A Sahaptin indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau.
Noun
Walla Walla (plural Walla Wallas)
- A kind of sweet onion from Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
- A place where two rivers meet. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
References
- Putnam, George Palmer (1915) In the Oregon Country; Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California, Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, retrieved 2022-07-20, pages 26–27