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 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, China Hhohho Region, Eswatini Hibhib, Iraq Holhol, Djibouti Hualca Hualca, Mexico Hum Hum, Bangladesh Humayhumay, Philippines '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 Kinnickinnic River, Wisconsin (a tributary of the Milwaukee River) Kinnickinnic River, Wisconsin (a tributary of the St. Croix River) Kirakira, Solomon Islands 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 Lolo, Montana, United States 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 Onon River, Mongolia and Russia Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States 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 Pee Pee Township, Ohio, 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 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 , 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
See also List of reduplicated Australian place names List of reduplicated Chilean place names List of reduplicated New Zealand place names
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