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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
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (Welsh: [ɬan.ˌvair.puɬˈɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ]), often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. It is located on the Menai Strait, next to the Britannia Bridge.
The station is known for its longer name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, but this is a Victorian contrivance for the benefit of tourists ...
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.
Spain’s LaLiga has announced a sponsorship deal with Llanfairpwll, whose full team name is said to be the longest in soccer.
Llanfair (Welsh for "St. Mary's Parish") may refer to: Places. Llanfair Clydogau; a small village in Mid Wales; Llanfair, Gwynedd, a village in the Ardudwy area of ...
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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 white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave". However, it was artificially contrived in the 1860s as a publicity stunt, to give the station ...