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 | | Some of these appear to be quite famous for it, notably Torpenhow Hill in Cumbria, UK, a name that means "hill" in the language of each of the tribes that successively conquered it, so that it translates as "hill hill hill hill". |
 | | Similarly, Breedon Hill, which takes various spellings (such as Bredon and Bredden) all over the UK, combines the Celtic and the Old English words for "hill", so it translates as "hill hill hill". |
 | | And then there's the River Avon, which means "river river", and Eas Fors Waterfall on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, which means "waterfall waterfall waterfall", and the Sahara Desert and Gobi Desert, both of which mean "desert desert", and Lake Nyasa, which means "lake lake"... |
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