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  2. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - Wikipedia

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    The name was submitted to Guinness World Records as the longest word to appear in a published cryptic crossword, having been used by compiler Roger Squires in 1979. The clue was "Giggling troll follows Clancy, Larry, Billy and Peggy who howl, wrongly disturbing a place in Wales (58)", where all but the last five words formed an anagram.

  3. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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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)

  4. Weatherman easily pronounced 58-letter Welsh town name - AOL

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    No, that's not a typo, that is an actual town in northern Wales. At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world.

  5. Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga ...

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    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 ...

  6. List of towns in Wales - Wikipedia

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    In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...

  7. Welsh toponymy - Wikipedia

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    The name "Arfon" refers to the area "opposite Môn" or Anglesey. The place-names of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English. [1]

  8. Rhosllanerchrugog - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Rhosybol - Wikipedia

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    Rhosybol (Welsh for 'moor in the hollow') is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales.The community population at the 2011 census was 1,078. [1] Located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the town of Amlwch, the village is close to both Llyn Alaw, the largest body of water on the island, and Parys Mountain, the site of the historic copper mines which lies just to the north. [2]