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The computer game Civilization V awards the "Longest. Name. Ever." Steam achievement to players for having a city named Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. [33] In September 2015, Channel 4 News weatherman Liam Dutton went viral around the world after accurately pronouncing the name of the town in one of his weather reports. [34]
Its name is 35 letters long and is the longest place name in Finland, and also the third longest, if names with spaces or hyphens are included, in Europe. [1] It has also been the longest official place name in the European Union since 31 January 2020, when Brexit was completed, as the record was previously held by ...
The municipality with the longest name in Brazil is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, with 32 characters (including spaces). The municipality with the longest name in Mexico is Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional (49 characters). [39] The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec (28 letters).
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
At 505,992 km 2 (195,365 sq mi), Spain is the world's fiftieth largest country and Europe's fourth largest country. It is some 47,000 km 2 (18,000 sq mi) smaller than France. At 3,715 m (12,188 ft), Mount Teide ( Tenerife ) is the highest mountain peak in Spain and is the third largest volcano in the world from its base.
From technical to whimsical, prepare for your vocabulary to be stretched with 20 of the longest words in English. Plus, find out what they mean. Related: 55 Examples of Onomatopoeia
Most countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Countries are listed alphabetically by their most common name in English. Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order ...