Why is it called Walla Walla?
The name Walla Walla comes from a Nez Perce word meaning running waters or place of many waters, and for thousands of years before the first onions were planted and the first vineyards erected — since time immemorial, according to the City of Walla Walla’s website — the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes . Wallah, -walla, -wala, or -vala (Hindi: वाला)(-wali fem. Indo-Aryan languages, like Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Marathi. Originating from Sanskrit पाल (pāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), it forms an adjectival compound from a noun or an agent noun from a verb.However, since it is a word you rarely see written out – and being French has a slightly unexpected spelling for English speakers – people have been spelling it somewhat phonetically, resulting in the word being seen as “walla” or “wallah”.