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  2. List of longest placenames in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of English-language place names in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names. The spelling which has legal force is usually that used by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Many of Ireland's longest place names are found in the far west of the island, where the Irish language has survived the longest; including Gaeltacht ...

  3. Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga ...

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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 ...

  4. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    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)

  5. Place names in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Its Irish name is Sráid Uí Chonaill. Grafton Street, developed by the Dawson family, it is named after the Earls of Grafton who owned land in the area. Its Irish name is Sráid Grafton. Pearse Street, originally called Moss Lane, then Great Brunswick Street, it was renamed after Pádraig Pearse. Its Irish name is Sráid an Phiarsaigh

  6. M2 (Pretoria) - Wikipedia

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    The M2 starts at the Proefplaas interchange with the N1 highway (Pretoria Bypass) and the N4 highway (Maputo Corridor) in Pretoria East, just north of the Scientia suburb. It heads west to pass through the Hatfield suburb, becoming two one-way streets (Pretorius Street westwards from the N1 and Francis Baard Street, formerly Schoeman Street, [5] eastwards to the N1) and meeting the M7 route ...

  7. Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Wikipedia

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    440 Kirkness Street, Pretoria, ... England in 1994, 2000 and 2007, and Ireland in 1998 and 2024. ... WBA World Heavyweight title in front of a crowd of 80,000 people ...

  8. Weatherman easily pronounced 58-letter Welsh town name - AOL

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    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.

  9. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A village in Ireland. The name is an anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic word "Cnoc" ("Hill".) Knockemstiff: Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor may like it here - in the Buckeye State. Kock: A town in Poland. Kokhanok: A place in Alaska. A place with plenty of cocks and knocking! Kokkola: Coca-Cola might want to remind this Finnish town how to ...