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Walla Walla en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/

Etymology

From the Walla Walla people.

Meanings

1. A kind of sweet onion from Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
2. (plural, plural-only) A Sahaptin indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau.

Forms

wikipedia: Walla Walla people

Walla Walla en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/

Etymology

From the Walla Walla people.

Meanings

1. A city, the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
   • “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. 2025 May 31, Paula Mejía, “Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Start a Bar Tab”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025:
   • City governments have joined in by deactivating the cameras or canceling contracts with Flock in Fort Collins, Colorado; Eugene, Oregon; Madison, Wisconsin; Knoxville, Tennessee; Syracuse, New York; and Walla Walla, Washington. 2026 July 30, T.M. Brown, “Flock cameras are getting mobbed”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026:
2. A tributary of the Columbia River in Washington, United States; in full, the Walla Walla River.

Deriveds

Walla Walla County

wikipedia: Walla Walla people

Walla Walla en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

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