Editing Walla Walla, Washington (section)

==Etymology==
Walla Walla is [[Nez Perce language|Nez Perce]] for "Place of Many Waters",  because the original settlement was at the junction of the Snake and Columbia rivers.<ref name=":7" />

Tourists to Walla Walla are often told that it is a "town so nice they named it twice".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=nwwwallawalla23&date=20041223&query=town+nice+named+twice | work=The Seattle Times | first=Beverly | last=Beyette | title=Here's to you, Walla Walla | date=December 23, 2004 | access-date=April 2, 2007 | archive-date=November 21, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121202719/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=nwwwallawalla23&date=20041223&query=town+nice+named+twice | url-status=dead }}</ref> The slogan was coined by [[Al Jolson]], who had visited the city in the early 1900s in The Keylor Grand Theater. He had also said the same of [[New York City|New York, New York]].<ref name="HistoryLink" /> The quote referring to Walla Walla was in [[The Jolson Story]], a [[Musical theatre|musical]] about the entertainer's life.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=The Jolson Story |date=October 10, 1946 |type=Video |language=en |publisher=[[Columbia Pictures]]}}</ref>

Some locals and Walla Walla natives often refer to the city in text form with "W2".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.union-bulletin.com/lifestyles/what-s-new-in-w/article_ee21a882-5a43-11e9-9244-3718fed176c9.html|title=What's new in W2|last=Reed|first=Story and photos by Diane|website=Union-Bulletin.com|date=April 8, 2019 |language=en|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>