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Good Morning Teacher

I would like to know the word which relates to the Title question.

I believe there are three towns/suburbs in Australia where their names are spelt the same backwards as they are spelt forwards. Two of these names I know, they are:- Glenelg - a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia and Tumut - a town in the south western or Riverina district of New South Wales.

I would like to know the name of the third town or suburb and if three is the correct number.

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Welcome, jack.

ARRAWARRA a town in coastal New South Wales, Australia.

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well its cool coz my name backward is the same
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Words which are spelt the same both backwards and forwards are called palindromes.
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A famous one (not in English, though) was the byzantine "ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ", which means "wash your sins, not only your face"
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