✈Worldwide Wednesdays: The Longest Names of Places!

A List of some of the longest names of places around the world!

Full name: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiurehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokacockiwhenuakitanatahu (105 letters)
Short-forms: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters)
Location: A hill on North Island, New Zealand
Language: Māori
Translation: "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one"
Notes: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official placename in the world.


The station sign at "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll"

Full name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters)
Short-forms: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (20 letters)
Location: a town in Anglesey, Wales
Language: Welsh
Translation: "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave"
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Wales.

 
Full name: Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (45 letters)
Short-forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug (17 letters)
Location: a lake in Massachusetts, United States
Language: Nimpuc
Translation: "Fishing Place at the Boundaries -- Neutral Meeting Grounds"
Notes: Believed to be the longest official one-word placename in the United States.

 
Full name: Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein (44 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: South Africa
Language: Afrikaans
Translation: "The spring (lit. Fountain) where two buffaloes were cleanly killed with a single shot"
Notes: Disputed whether or not the name belongs to a farm or town, and whether or not that farm or town actually exists.


Full name: Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä (35 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: Lapland, Finland
Language:
Translation:
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Finland.


Full name: Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik (31 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a lake in Manitoba and Nunavut, Canada
Language: Inuktitut
Translation:
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Canada.

 

Full name: Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta (28 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a village in Andhra Pradesh, India
Language: Telugu
Translation:
Notes: The longest one-word placename in India.




Full name: Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya (26 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a hill in South Australia, Australia
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Translation: "Where the devil urinates"
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Australia.




Full name: Bullaunancheathrairaluinn (25 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a bullaun in County Galway, Ireland
Language: Anglicisation of Irish Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn
Translation:
Notes: Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived placename in Ireland.




Full name: Gasselterboerveenschemond (25 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands
Language: Dutch
Translation:
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in the Netherlands.

Full name: Kuchistiniwamiskahikan (22 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: an island in Quebec, Canada
Language:
Translation:
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Quebec.



Full name: Parangaricutirimicuaro (22 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a city in Michoacán, Mexico
Language: Spanish
Translation:
Notes:

Full name: Drehideenglashanatooha (22 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a bridge in County Tipperary, Ireland
Language: Anglicisation of Irish Droichidín Glaise na Tuaithe
Translation: Little bridge of stream of the túath
Notes:

Full name: Newtownmountkennedy (19 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a village in County Wicklow, Ireland
Language: English
Translation:
Notes: the longest official one-word English-derived placename in Ireland.



Full name: Thiruvananthapuram (18 letters)
Short-forms:
Location: a city in Kerala, India
Language: Malayalam
Translation: "Abode of Lord Ananta"

Other note-worthies: Novoperdelkinskotěrkenskaněvskoje-Nevyslovitelnoje in Russia or the Ojoojojojjjoooojjjoodddoookkkkeeeellllluuuuuusososoooov Ukraine.

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit is the longest place name (with spaces in between words) in the world meaning “The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukam”. Or, you should better use the name known to everyone as Bangkok.




Source: Wikipedia, necyklopedie.wikia.com, widbox.com