Walla Walla

See also: walla and Walla

English

Etymology 1

From the Walla Walla people.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/

Proper noun

Walla Walla

  1. A city, the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
    • 2025 May 31, Paula Mejía, “Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Start a Bar Tab”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      “It increases anxiety in me when I leave a tab open,” said Cameron Haluska, a 26-year-old beer sales representative from Walla Walla, Wash.
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  2. A tributary of the Columbia River in Washington, United States; in full, the Walla Walla River.
Derived terms

Noun

Walla Walla pl (plural only)

  1. A Sahaptin indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau.

Noun

Walla Walla (plural Walla Wallas)

  1. A kind of sweet onion from Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Walla Walla

  1. A town in Greater Hume Shire, in southern New South Wales, Australia.

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