re: Anyone wanna wrap their lips around Puyallup?

In the SW of Western Australia, there's a plethora of place names that end in "up" - eg Yallingup, Yunderup, Balingup, Mullallyup. Originates from the local Aboriginal (Noongyar - pron. Noong-arr, short oo, sounds like 'u' in full) language and said to mean "place of", particularly in reference to a place of water.

So how'd Puyallup get a Noongyar name??

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