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In 1995, Welsh band Super Furry Animals released its debut EP, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (In Space). [31] In 2002, the village's website was listed as the longest URL on the Internet. [32] The computer game Civilization V awards the "Longest. Name. Ever."
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
The longest municipality name in the Czech Republic is the name of Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě (33 characters, English translation: "New Village in near of New Town in Moravia). The longest single place name in Germany is Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar in Schleswig-Holstein (32 characters).
The village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is named after St Mary's Church. [3] The long form of this name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, was ...
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 list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh boroughs [citation needed]. Subsequent urban growth led to the designation of other places as boroughs, including Wrexham , Rhondda , Barry and Merthyr Tydfil , but many other settlements were only ...
The name of the village is derived from that of the old Llanerchrugog estate, once one of the landholdings of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg. [7] The name Llanerchrugog is usually stated to be based on Welsh llannerch (clearing" or "glade), and (with soft mutation), grugog (heathery), although an etymology based on crugog (hilly or rough) has also been suggested. [8]