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A tautological place refers to a location that has a name made up of two words with the same meaning. The two names are usually from different origins where one word becomes the same as the other when translated into a common language. Tautological places are geographical features whose names were usually derived from a different language (commonly a language native to the geographical feature鈥檚 location).

Rivers

There are many rivers whose names make them examples of tautological places. Some of these rivers are found in the United States, including the Cuyahoga River whose name is derived from the Mohawk word Cuyahoga which means 鈥渃rooked river.鈥� Therefore, it translates to "Crooked River River." The Loxahatchee River in Florida is another example, with the river鈥檚 name is made of the Indigenous words Luxa and Hatchee, leading to a full English name that means Turtle River River.

In England, River Avon is an example of a tautological place since Avon is a Welsh word that means 鈥渞iver.鈥� River Humber in England is another example with Humber being a Brythonic word that means 鈥渞iver.鈥� The Futaleufu River is an example from Argentina, with its name Futaleufu being derived from a Mapuche word meaning 鈥渂ig river.鈥�

Lakes

Numerous lakes around the 海角社区 are examples of tautological places. One such lake is a caldera lake in Germany known as Laacher See. 鈥淟aacher See鈥� is translated to mean "Lake of the Lake." An example from Russia is Lake Baikal, whose name comes from the Turkic words 叠补箩听补苍诲听Kal which mean "rich lake."聽

Laguna Lake in California is another example of a tautological place since Laguna is a Spanish word that means 鈥渓ake.鈥� Lake Chad in Africa gets its name from the Bornu term Tsade which means "lake." When translated to French, Minnesota鈥檚 Mille Lacs Lake would mean 鈥渢housand lakes lake.鈥�

Mountains And Hills

Tautological places also include hills and mountains. An interesting example is Bredon Hill in England. In old Brythonic, the hill鈥檚 name is translated to mean "hill hill hill." Bergeberget is a hill in Norway whose name means 鈥淭he hill hill鈥� in Norwegian. Fjallfjallen is a mountain, also in Norway, that is a tautological place. "Fjallfjallen" is a Norwegian name meaning "the mountain mountains." In Iceland, the Hoffellsfjall is a mountain whose name means 鈥渕onastery mountain mountain.鈥� Africa鈥檚 highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, is a tautological place. The mountain鈥檚 name is derived from Swahili words Kilima and Njaro meaning the "mountain of Njaro." There is some debate as to what exactly聽狈箩补谤辞听refers to.

Tautology

Tautological place names are examples of linguistic tautology. Tautology in linguistics and literature is defined as a statement that repeats the same idea twice or more. The term "tautology" is used in reference to redundancies of propositional logic as well as rhetorical tautologies.