Torpenhow Hill is a hill in Cumbria, England. It's name consists of the Old English ‘Tor’, the Welsh ‘Pen’, and the Danish ‘How’ - all of which translate to modern English as ‘Hill’. Therefore, Torpenhow Hill would translate as hill-hill-hill hill and is thus twice as interesting as the Japanese Mount Fujiyama, which translates into English as Mount Mount.
- However, analysis by Darryl Francis has shown that no local landform officially has this name. This makes it a "ghost word". This hasn't stopped people from believing it (including some online mapping services).
Other examples include:
- Connecticut River, United States (Long Tidal River River)
- Cuyahoga River, Ohio (Crooked River River)
- Fishkill Creek, New York, USA (Small Waterway Small Waterway)
- Hatchie River, United States (River River)
- Heilongjiang River, China (Black Dragon River River)
- Kymijoki, Finland (River River)
- Latsa Erreka, France (Brook Brook)
- Mekong River, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam (River River River)
- Mississippi River, United States, and Mississippi River, Ontario, Canada (Big River River)
- Molopo River, South Africa (River River)
- Paraguay River, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina (From the Great River River)
- Rillito River, United States (Little River River)
- Río Guadix, Spain (River River River)
- Río Guadalquivir, Spain (Great River River).
- River Avon, various in England and Scotland (River River)
- River Avonmore, County Wicklow, Ireland (Big River River)
- River Avonbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland (Small River River)
- River Awbeg, County Cork, Ireland (Small River River)
- River Humber, England, and Humber River, Ontario, Canada (River River)
- River Tyne, England (River River)
- Schuylkill River, eastern Pennsylvania (Hidden River River)
- Šešupė River, Lithuania (Sixth River River)
- Uruguay River, Uruguay and Argentina (River of the Painted Birds River)
- Walla Walla River, Washington, United States (Little River River)
- Dal Lake, Kashmir (Lake Lake)
- Gaube Lake, Hautes-Pyrénées (Lake Lake)
- Hayle Estuary, Cornwall (Estuary Estuary)
- Jaurajärvi and Jaurakkajärvi, Finland (Lake Lake)
- Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria - (Lake Lake)
- Laguna de Bay, Philippines - also referred to as Laguna Lake (Lake Lake)
- Laguna Lake, California (Lake Lake)
- Lake Chad, Chad (Lake lake)
- Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand (Ella's lake lake)
- Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (Lake Hot Lake)
- Lake Lämmijärv, Estonia (Lake Warm Lake)
- Lake Lagunita, Stanford, California (Lake Little Lake)
- Lake Nyassa, Malawi/Mozambique (Lake Lake)
- Lake Rotorua, New Zealand (Lake Lake Second)
- Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California (Lake the Lake).
- Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, USA (Thousand Lakes Lake)
- Tal-y-Llyn lake, Wales (End-of the-Lake Lake)
- Vatnshlíðarvatn, Iceland (Lake-Slope-Lake)
- Vatnvatnet, Norway (Lake-lake)
- Wast Water, England - (water's valley water)
- Bergeberget, Norway (The Hill Hill)
- Bredon Hill, England (Hill Hill Hill)
- Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, UK (Burning Hill Hill)
- Bryn Glas Hill, Wales (Blue Hill Hill)
- Brynhill, Wales (Hill Hill)
- Filefjell, Norway (The Mountain Mountain)
- Fjällfjällen, Sweden (The Mountain Mountains)
- Mongibellu, Sicily, Italy (Mountain Mountain)
- Mount Katahdin, Maine (Mount The Greatest Mountain)
- Mount Maunganui, New Zealand (Mount Mount Big)
- Ochil Hills, Scotland (Hill Hills)
- Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England. (Hill Hill Hill))
- Picacho Peak, Arizona, U.S. (Peak Peak)
- Slieve Mish Mountains, Ireland (Mish Mountain Mountains)
- Slieve Bloom Mountains, Ireland (Bloom Mountain Mountains)
- Summit Peak, New Zealand (Peak Peak)
- Table Mesa, Colorado (Table Table)
- Canvey Island, UK (Cana's Island Island)
- Chejudo Island, South Korea (Cheju Island Island).
- Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Sea (Twelve Islands Islands
- Gili Islands, North-west of Lombok, Indonesia (Small Island Islands)
- Isle of Sheppey, UK (Island of sheep island)
- Lundy Island, UK (Puffin Island Island)
- Motutapu Island, New Zealand (Island Sacred Island)
- Orkney Islands, UK, (Boar Island Islands)
- Saaremaa island, Estonia (Island-land island)
