List of tautological place names
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A place name is tautological if two 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, the Sierra Nevada Mountains (sierra is Spanish for mountains) or Mount Maunganui (maunga is Maori for mountain). The following list is of place names usually or often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have originally come.
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- Mount Maunganui, New Zealand (Mount big mountain - Maori)
- Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (Mount Snowy Mountains - Spanish)
- Mount Mauna Loa, Hawaii (Mount Mount Long - Hawaiian)
- River Avon, England (River River - Welsh)
- Lake Windermere, England (Lake Lake Winder - )
- The La Brea Tar Pits, California (The The Tar Tar Pits - Spanish)
- Motutapu Island, New Zealand (Sacred Island Island - Maori)
- Lake Rotorua, New Zealand (Lake Second Lake - Maori)
- Sahara desert, Africa (Desert desert - Arabic)
- Rillito River, southern Arizona (Little River River - Spanish)
- Bredon, England (Hill Hill - Celtic/Saxon)
- Breedon on the Hill, England (Hill Hill on the Hill - Celtic/Saxon)
- Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California (Lake the lake - Washo Native American Tribe)
- Faroe Islands, North Atlantic (Sheep Islands Islands - Faroese)
- Rio Grande River, Mexico/Texas border (Big River River - Spanish)
- Torpenhow Hill, England (Hill Hill Hill Hill - SW-English (Tor)/Celtic (Pen)/unknown)
- Table Mesa, Colorado (Spanish Table Table)
