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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)
Bala, Kansas; Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (named for two places: Bala, Gwynedd and Cynwyd, Denbighshire); Berwyn, Pennsylvania; Brecknock Township, Lancaster County ...
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 ...
Main Street, USA Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine from the Denver Westword; Eat, Drink and Be Merry on East Colfax; ColfaxAvenue.org - Historical Guide to the longest, wickedest street in America. Colfax Avenue Museum - Historic and one-of-a-kind artifacts related to Schuyler Colfax and the street that bears his name, Colfax Avenue.
An old name for various streets in London where prostitutes did their business. Großer Beerberg: At the top of this mountain in Germany lies a treasure trove of freshly made German beer. Großklein: A municipality in Austria that is quite an oxymoron. Translates as "big-small". Guarromán: A very dirty city in Spain. "Guarro" means "dirty" in ...
A number of US towns such as Newport and Newtown maybe named after the similarly names Welsh towns or may have been named solely because of their location. Only those places where there is an evidential link with Wales are included here. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania named after Bala, Gwynedd; Berwyn Township, Custer County, Nebraska named after Berwyn
The name was submitted to Guinness World Records as the longest word to appear in a published cryptic crossword, having been used by compiler Roger Squires in 1979. The clue was "Giggling troll follows Clancy, Larry, Billy and Peggy who howl, wrongly disturbing a place in Wales (58)", where all but the last five words formed an anagram.
The list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.