Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: It is
a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales,
situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the
strait from Bangor. This village has the longest place name in Europe
and one of the longest place names in the world. The short form of the
village's name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, also spelled Llanfair
Pwllgwyngyll. It is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu(51 letters) is
the Maori name for a hill, 305 metres (1,001 ft) high, close to
Porangahau, south of Waipukurau in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
The name would be often shortened to Taumata by the locals for ease of
conversation. The New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, maintained
by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), records the name as
"Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu".[1]
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found
in any English-speaking country, and it is the second-longest place name
in the world, according to Wises New Zealand Guide and reported in the
New Zealand Herald.
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg a 45-letter
alternative name for this body of fresh water, is often cited as the
longest place name in the United States and one of the longest in the
world. It is not spelled correctly on the sign bordering Connecticut.
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