English
Proper noun
Wagga
#slang Wagga Wagga
Noun
Wagga
- a rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian bags.
#: Invented, by residents of the Wagga Wagga area around the time of the Great Depression
Etymology
The original Aboriginal inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people and the term "Wagga" and derivatives of that word in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language is thought to mean crow. To create the plural, the Wiradjuri repeat a word, thus 'Wagga Wagga' translates to 'the place of many crows'. Other translations have also attributed the word 'wagga' to meaning, 'reeling (a sick man or a dizzy man); to dance, slide or grind'.
Pronunciation
pronounced wogga
References
cite web | url http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name/extract?idSXKqjzqbMa | title Geographical Names Register Extract| publisher Geographical Names Board of NSW | accessdate = 2007-04-25
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