What place has the longest name?

It's Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. This 1,000-foot hill near the township Porangahau holds the Guinness World Record for longest place name with 85 characters. Locals call it Taumata or Taumata Hill.
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What place has the longest name in the world?

The Longest Place Name In The World – Porangahau, New Zealand - Atlas Obscura.
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What is the longest city name?

Apparently, Bangkok is the city's nickname and it's ceremonial name is “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit!"
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What is the 2nd longest place name in the world?

2. LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH, WALES. This village on the Ynys Môn island off the north-west coast of Wales has 58 letters. It is the place with the second-longest name in the world.
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What places have the longest names?

The Longest Place Names In the World
  • Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South Africa. ...
  • Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, United States. ...
  • Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. ...
  • Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand.
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What word takes 3 hours to say?

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.
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Is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch a real place?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair PG for short) is a small, quiet town on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of North Wales, famous for having the longest place name in Europe.
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What is the meaning of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

The full English translation of the town's name is as follows: St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.
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How many letters are in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Originally the town had a shorter, easier to pronounce name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In the 1880s, in a joking attempt to attract tourists, a tailor added the rest of the syllables, bringing the total length to 58 letters, including four letter L's in a row.
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What city's name is 21 words long?

In the United States, the cities of Winchester-on-the-Severn in Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos in Texas are the longest place names at 21 letters each, although they do have hyphens to make them a little easier on the eye.
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What is Thailand's real name?

Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd, ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-land, TY-lənd), historically known as Siam (/saɪˈæm, ˈsaɪæm/) and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of Mainland Southeast Asia, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million.
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What's the longest name in Africa?

Meaning of Uvuvwevwevwe onyetenvewve ugwemubwem ossas Longest name in Africa and probably the world.
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What is the longest city name in us?

> Population: 2,995

Though the Census lists it as “Village of Grosse Pointe Shores city," the longest city name anywhere in America, the city's residents actually voted in 2009 to incorporate it as “Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, A Michigan City”. The shores referenced in the name are along Lake St.
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What is the longest city name in the UK?

It was a hot day in Wales today and especially in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The Welsh village was the warmest place in the U.K., but it's probably better known for having Europe's longest place name and, if you're not a native Welsh speaker, being practically unpronounceable.
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What does llanfairfechan mean in English?

Llanfairfechan ("Little St Mary's Parish") is a town and community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort and had a population at the 2001 Census of 3,755, reducing to 3,637 at the 2011 Census.
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What is the longest name in Canada?

Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake - Longest In Canada. The longest unbroken place name in Canada is Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake. It is located in the Canadian province of Manitoba and is a native Cree word for "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks."
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What is the longest place name in English?

Ready? It's Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. This 1,000-foot hill near the township Porangahau holds the Guinness World Record for longest place name with 85 characters.
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What place in New Zealand has the longest name?

Near Porangahau in Hawke's Bay is an unassuming hill known as "Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu", which translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater', ...
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Is there a word with 1000 letters?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

It's a technical word referring to the lung disease more commonly known as silicosis.
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What is the longest video on YouTube?

Jonathan Harchick of Moldy Toaster Media currently holds the record for the longest video on YouTube, titled “THE LONGEST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE – 596 HOURS.” The video was uploaded back in 2012 and hasn't been beaten as far as we know.
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Is there a word without a vowel?

Words with no vowels. Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.
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