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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 characters); Short forms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll The 58 characters include 7 digraphs, so it consists of only 51 letters in the Welsh language. Village on the isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom: Welsh
The parish name was recorded as Llanfair y Pwllgwyngyll ('Llanfair' meaning "[St.] Mary's church"; y meaning "(of) the") as far back as the mid 16th century, in Leland's Itinerary. The suffixing of the township name to that of the church would have served to distinguish the parish from the many other sites dedicated to Mary in Wales.
For example, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales despite looking like a single long word, can clearly be broken down into pieces and the fact that there's no space there is merely a quirk of the written language.
Naomi lived in a place called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. And even though the word looks like a cat just ran across a computer keyboard, it's not ...
Spain’s LaLiga has announced a sponsorship deal with Llanfairpwll, whose full team name is said to be the longest in soccer.
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The station is known for its longer name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, but this is a Victorian contrivance for the benefit of tourists ...
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