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It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
The name in Afrikaans means "the spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot" (Afrikaans: Twee buffels met een skoot morsdood geskiet fontein). [1] 44 characters long, it is the longest place name in South Africa and possibly fourth-longest in the world.
The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens). The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters). The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte is a farm located in the Upper Karoo in Northern Cape, South Africa, lying at an altitude of 923 m (3,028 ft). It is one of the longest place names in the world. Its name is in Afrikaans and means "Upper end of throat-cut valley".
In 1009, Cổ Pháp village was converted into the city of Thiên Đức, nowadays Bắc Ninh city. Kediri: Kediri Kingdom Indonesia: 1042 AD [160] Along with changes in name, it is essentially a union of the two capitals of Panjalu Kingdom and Janggala Kingdom. The settlements are always interspersed along both banks of Brantas River.
A Welsh weatherman pronounced one of the longest town names in ... At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world.
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This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa. Axum - Eritrea and Ethiopia; Africa (province) - Tunisia; Barbary Coast - Algeria; Bechuanaland - Botswana; Belgian Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo; Carthage - Tunisia; Central African Empire ...