Wagga

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An inland city in New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Murrumbidgee River in the Riverina region
2. A regional city of southern New South Wales, Australia, lying on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River
3. The Australian city in the Riverina district of New South Wales that sits beside the Murrumbidgee River

Etymology: "Wagga" is a clipped form of "Wagga Wagga," the name of a city in New South Wales, Australia. The place name comes from a word in the local Wiradjuri Aboriginal language, usually glossed as "place of many crows" or a similar reference to crows, though the exact meaning is not firmly established. Australian English has long used the shortened form, and in that usage it refers to someone or something from or associated with the city.