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  2. Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.

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    Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.

  3. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The 58-letter name Llan­fair­pwll­gwyn­gyll­gogery­chwyrn­drob­wlll­lanty­silio­gogo­goch is the name of a town on Anglesey, an island of Wales. In terms of the traditional Welsh alphabet, the name is only 51 letters long, as certain digraphs in Welsh are considered as single letters, for instance ll, ng and ch. It is generally ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 20 Longest Words in English and Their Meanings (Plus ... - AOL

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    Letters: 16. 19. Xenotransplantation. Pronunciation: zee-noh-trans-plan-tay-shun Meaning: A procedure that involves transplanting living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another ...

  6. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including spaces). The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk (28 characters, including a hyphen). The longest street name is Laan van de landinrichtingscommissie Duiven-Westervoort in Duiven.

  7. What Is the Longest Word in English? Hint: It’s 189,819 ...

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    As a technical scientific term, the full name of titin doesn’t appear in any dictionary—not just because it would take 12 full pages to wrangle the 190,000-odd characters, but because of the ...

  8. Longest words - Wikipedia

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    The longest recognized systematic name is for the protein titin, at 189,819 letters. [1] While lexicographers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulae rather than words, [2] for its sheer length the systematic name for titin is often included in longest-word lists.

  9. A student with a name his university says was the “longest ever” read out a graduation ceremony has been awarded his degree from the University of Kent. Bolowatife Oluwasemilore Oluwadamilola ...