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  2. 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 ...

  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. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein - Wikipedia

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    The name in Afrikaans means "the spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot" (Afrikaans: Twee buffels met een skoot morsdood geskiet fontein). [ 1 ] 44 characters long, it is the longest place name in South Africa and possibly fourth-longest in the world .

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

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    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

  6. Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain

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    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 ...

  7. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest single-word town names in the U.S. are Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania and Mooselookmeguntic, Maine. The longest official geographical name in Australia is Ma­mungku­kumpu­rang­kunt­junya. [28] It has 26 letters and is a Pitjantjatjara word meaning "where the Devil urinates". [29]

  8. Vanishing village in Japan is now home to more scarecrows ...

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    On her daily rounds, she walks around the village bidding her motionless creations a good morning and tends to their needs. (Writing by Tony Tharakan; Editing by Robert Birsel) More to see:

  9. Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Audio Barnstar is more general and may be awarded to editors who make a significant contribution to the wiki by creating and/or adding original or rare audio files, historical recordings, self-made music, self-made examples of sound effects or musical styles, natural sounds, etc.