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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.
Llanfair is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located immediately south of the town of Cowbridge and includes the settlements of St Hilary , Llandough , St Mary Church (Welsh: Llan-fair ) and The Herberts .
Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club. ... 58-letter name on the club crest.
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll: SH538721: This Burial Chamber on the eastern edge of Llanfair PG, (described on the schedule as 180m NE of Pen-y-Berth), has a large capstone now resting on its collapsed support stones.
Llanfair, Vale of Glamorgan, a community near Cowbridge Llanfair Caereinion , Powys; a small town in east central Wales Llanfairpwllgwyngyll , Anglesey; a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales
At 51 letters in the Welsh alphabet (the digraphs ll and ch are each collated as single letters) the name can be translated as "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave". However, it was artificially contrived in the 1860s as a publicity stunt, to give the station ...
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