Thursday, 23 February 2017

Palindromes (Names)



Palindromes (Names)


Proper names

Malayalam: a language spoken in Kerala, India

Akasaka: an area of Tokyo

Glenelg: any of a number of towns around the world

Hagigah: a tractate in the Mishnah

halalah: a variation of halala, a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia

Hamamah: a town in Saudi Arabia

hararah: a town in Egypt

Ogopogo: a supposed lake monster that resides in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia.

Qaanaaq: a town in Greenland

SIXAXIS: the name of the official PlayStation 3 controller

Tacocat: a signature card from The Oatmeal’s Exploding Kittens card game

Zerorez: Registered trademark for a carpet cleaning system (from Zero residue)

Ele’ele: in Polynesian mythology, the name of the first woman

Eleele: a Hawaiian town

Hannah: a female given name

Serres: a town in Greece; any of various other places

Aeaea: a place in Greek mythology

Aiaia: variant of Aeaea (see above)

Anona: a genus of plants

Ardra: a Hindu goddess

Arará: an ethnic group in Cuba

Aviva: a female name

Capac: a town in Michigan

Kodok: a town in the Sudan

Laval: a city in Quebec, and a town in France. Also a French surname

Natan: The Hebrew and German form of the name “Nathan”

Navan: the administrative capital of the County Meath, Ireland

Noyon: a town in France

Oruro: a city and a department in Bolivia

Tebet: the fourth month of the Jewish civil year

Tevet: variant of Tebet (q.v.)

Tumut: a town in New South Wales

Xanax: the brand name of Alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug (a trademark)

xenex: the sword wielded by Xenophon

Abba: a title given to a bishop in various Middle Eastern and African Christian churches; also a Swedish pop group, usually written “ABBA”

Akka: a town in Israel; also various other meanings

Amma: mother, especially in a spiritual sense

Anna: a female name

Atta: a genus of ants

Elle: a female name

Otto: a male name, and also a surname in English

Ada: a female name

Eve: in the Bible, the first woman

Eye: a village in Suffolk, England

Krk: a Croatian island and town

Nan: a female name

Nen: a surname in the English language

Ava: a female name

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