WORD FACT

River Avon = River River, via abonā (Brittonic for “river”) + river

Gobi Desert = Desert Desert, via gobi (Mongolian for “desert”) + desert

Lake Tahoe = Lake Lake, via lake + dá’aw (Washoe for “lake”)

Pendle Hill = Hill Hill Hill, via pen (Cumbric for “head, top, or hill”) + hyll (Old English for “hill” — the early form of Pendle being Penhul) + hill.

Similarly, Bredon Hill = Hill Hill Hill, via *breɣ (Brittonic for "hill") + dūn (Old English for “hill”) + hill.