List of long place names

This is a list of long place names.

Short-forms: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters) Taumata (7 letters) Location: 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.

Short-forms: Llanfair PG (10 letters), Llanfairpwll (12 letters) or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (20 letters) Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom 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"

Short-forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug (17 letters) Webster Lake (11 letters) Location: a lake in Webster, Massachusetts, United States Language: Nipmuc Translation: "Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds"

Location: a farm in the North West province of South Africa Language: Afrikaans Translation: "Two-Buffalos-Shot-Totally-Dead-with-One-Shot Fountain"

Location: , Navarra, Spain. Language: Basque

Location: Lapland, Finland Language: Finnish (northern dialect) Translation: Unknown etymology, probably gibberish (see entry for more).

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