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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.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a railway station on the island of Anglesey in Wales, is the longest place name in the Welsh language. 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 ...
Spain’s LaLiga has announced a sponsorship deal with Llanfairpwll, whose full team name is said to be the longest in soccer.
Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf (Llanbedrgoch) [2] [75] 1794 Presbyterian: Rebuilt 1853, 1892 St Mary, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll: Mary [47] Medieval Church in Wales: Bro Dwynwen Rebuilt 1853 Rhos-y-Gad United Church Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll [2] [76] 1785 Presbyterian: Rebuilt 1836, 1873 Capel Ebeneser, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfair ...
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 ...
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll – or to give it its full title Llanfair-pwllgwyngyll-gogery-chwyrn-drobwll-llan-tysilio-gogo-goch – is a little village on the Welsh island of Anglesey and lays claim to ...
In English, the first and older element of the name means "The Church of St Mary at Pwllgwyngyll [the white hazel pool]". [4] The second part translates as "near the rapid whirlpool, near St Tysilio's red cave", Llandysilio being the name of another local parish.