List of tautological place names

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title: List of tautological place names
text: A place name is tautological if two differently sounding parts of it are synonymous. This often occurs when a name from one language is imported into another and a standard descriptor is added on from the second language. Thus, for example, New Zealand's Mount Maunganui is tautological since "maunganui" is Māori for "great mountain". The following is a list of place names often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have come. Tautological place names ar
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date created: 2005-09-27T09:04:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T09:15:09Z
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