Alliterative Place Names, from Bora Bora and Hari Hari to New York, New York and Lots in New Zealand

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Bora Bora was featured on Google when I opened up in the morning at the weekend. I looked up Bora Bora in Wikipedia and read about its attractions. At the end of the page was a link to duplicated or reduplicated names.

Another whole page lists those in Australia. yet another lists those in New Zealand.

In Asia, the Malay and Indonesian languages both use doubled words for plurals. Hence some doubled words in family names and place names.

The same applies in names. In Singapore you might meet somebody called Shan Shan, which means mountains. I also know a Mi Mi.

In the UK we often add son to the end of a name. So you might find a John Johnson.

Australia
Wagga-Wagga

Germany
Baden-Baden

Indonesia
Bonebone, Indonesia
Fakfak town in West Indonesia.

New Zealand

• Hari Hari
• Horohoro
• Karekare
• Karikari Peninsula
• Katikati
• Kawakawa
• Kerikeri
• Kihikihi
• Kohukohu
• Korokoro
• Matamata
• Matata
• Meremere
• Mimi
• Mitimiti
• Mt Kaukau
• Naenae
• Okuku
• Ongaonga
• Peka Peka
• Piopio
• Ramarama

Pacific
Polynesia
Leeward Islands
Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, South Pacific

Samoa
Pago-Pago, capital of American Samoa

Singapore
Singapore, Singapore, meaning the city of Singapore on the island of Singapore.

UK
Nene. Not such an obvious one.

USA
New York, New York, meaning the city of New York in the state of New York.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names
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