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The long form of the name is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world at 58 characters (51 "letters" since "ch" and "ll" are digraphs, and are treated as single letters in the Welsh language).
Wales (Inupiaq: Kiŋigin, IPA:) is a city [4] [5] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.At the 2010 census the population was 145, [4] down from 152 in 2000. It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak, located on Adak Island, is the westernmost city in Alaska.
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
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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)
Cardiff (/ ˈ k ɑːr d ɪ f / ⓘ; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Wales.Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 [2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd).
The town was home to the professional Football League club Merthyr Town F.C. (1909), which folded in the 1930s; Merthyr Tydfil AFC was founded in 1945. In 1987, it won the Welsh Cup and qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. The year 2008 marked the centennial of football at Penydarren Park.
Soon a little town grew up in the shadow of the castle, made up primarily of settlers from England. [26] Cardiff had a population of between 1,500 and 2,000 in the Middle Ages, a relatively normal size for a Welsh town in this period. [27]