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- -up abstract "-up /ʌp/ is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Indigenous Australian language, in which \"-up\" means \"place of\". The suffix \"-in\" or \"-ing\" has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar. Places tended to be named after their distinctive features, whereby the place names could be used to create a \"mental map\" allowing Indigenous Australians to determine where water, food and other raw materials could be found. These sites were often located near sources of fresh water, leading to the common misconception that \"up\" and \"in\" mean \"near water\".The meanings and the pronunciations of many of these names has been lost over time.A number of these places were at one stage named with a suffix \"-upp\". This was as a result of the Western Australian Lands and Surveys Department adopting a system of spelling Indigenous Australian names devised by the Royal Geographical Society. In simple terms, the system set the pronunciation of consonants as in English and vowels as in Italian. Using this system meant that \"up\" would be pronounced /uːp/ oop, whereas the names were meant to be pronounced /ʌp/ up. The solution was deemed to be that doubling the following consonant would shorten the preceding vowel, thus \"upp\". This spelling convention was rescinded for towns in south west Western Australia in 1915 as the Australian pronunciation of \"u\" was almost always short.The usage of some terms are for the name of Noongar groups as well as places Pinjarup is one of a number of names for one group - and it has been utilised and changed to the place name of Pinjarra.".
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- -up wikiPageWikiLink Amelup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Aboriginal_languages.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Australian_king_parrot.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Badgebup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Bailup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Balgarup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Balingup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Banjup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Barragup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Binningup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Boyanup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Boyup_Brook,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Burekup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Byford,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Carbunup_River,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Cardup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Category:Noongar_language.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Category:Placename_element_etymologies.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Category:Towns_in_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Chinocup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Condingup.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Coodanup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Cookernup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Coolbellup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Cooloongup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Coolup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Coomalbidgup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Cowaramup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Culeenup_Island,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Dalyellup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Dalyup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Dardanup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Dinninup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Dwellingup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Eucalyptus_cornuta.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gelorup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gidgegannup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gidgie.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gnowangerup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gwelup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Gwindinup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Hamelin_Bay,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Hookbill.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jacup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jandabup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jerdacuttup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jerdacuttup_River.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jerramungup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Jingalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Joondalup.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Joweelingup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Karnup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Karrakup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Karrinyup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kebaringup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kendenup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kirup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kojonup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kudardup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kulikup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kundip,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kuringup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Kwobrup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Landgate.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Malleefowl.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mandogalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Manjimup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Marbelup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mariginiup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Marrinup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mayanup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Metricup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Moodiarrup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Morangup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mullalyup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mumballup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Mungalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Munglinup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Muradup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Murray_River_(Western_Australia).
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Myalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Nambeelup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Nannup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Narrikup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Needilup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Neerabup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Noggerup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Noongar.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Nornalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink North_Dandalup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink North_Yunderup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Nowergup,_Western_Australia.
- -up wikiPageWikiLink Ongerup,_Western_Australia.