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What is the related significance of the suffix -UP in the following place names: Manjimup, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Pingrup, Dwellingup, Ongerup? (There are many others.)

Question #150291. Asked by odo5435.
Last updated Dec 10 2023.
Originally posted Dec 10 2023 12:07 PM.

ceetee

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ceetee

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Places ending in "UP" are nearly always Western Australian as the suffix -up means "place of" in the Noongar dialect which originated in South West WA

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Dec 10 2023, 2:44 PM

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What is the related significance of the suffix -UP in the following place names: Manjimup, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Pingrup, Dwellingup, Ongerup? (There are many others.)

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