A place name is tautological if two differently sounding parts of it are synonymous. This often occurs when a name from one language is imported into another and a standard descriptor is added on from the second language. Thus, for example, New Zealand's Mount Maunganui is tautological since maunga is Maori for mountain. The following is a list of place names often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have come.