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The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens). The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters). The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
The longest non-contrived place name in the United Kingdom which is a single non-hyphenated word is Cottonshopeburnfoot (19 letters) and the longest which is hyphenated is Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe (29 characters). The longest place name in the United States (45 letters) is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, a ...
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A Welsh weatherman pronounced one of the longest town names in ... At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world.
A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.
It's the name of a hill in New Zealand, and it's the longest official place name in the world. We can only hope no poor child ever has to spell these bad boys in a spelling bee. Though we're sure ...
A town in Quebec, whose name means "grandmother". Grand-Popo: A town in Benin. Grandson: A place in Switzerland. Grand Teton: One of the most prestigious national parks in the United States whose name just so happens to be French for large teat or breast. Granma Province: A province in Cuba that respects its elders. Grapevine: Everybody has ...