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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.
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.
What counts as a letter? The list is currently going down to 14 letters, yet cities like Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo are not included (14 letters, assuming the nh digraph doesn't count as 2). Yet names that long aren't that uncommon. Eg. Itaquaquecetuba, São Paulo (14 as well, second qu is a digraph), loads of 13-letter ones in Brazil.
Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club. ... 58-letter name on the club crest.
Llanfair-is-gaer, a former parish in Arfon, Gwynedd; 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; Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn, hamlet in Pembrokeshire
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Llanfair Caereinion ([ɬanvair kaːɨrɛinɪɔn] Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a market town and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales upon the River Banwy (also known as the River Einion), around 8 miles west of Welshpool.
One was recorded as intact in 1802, but by 1825 only one upright remained standing, which remains 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) high. ... Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll SH544712: Post ...