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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.
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 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)
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
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 ...
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.
River Waveney (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Winterbourne Stream, East Sussex, UK — bourne meaning a stream that only flows in winter. River Wissey (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Withlacoochee River, Withlacoochee probably comes from the Muskogean word meaning "little river." Bakkárholtsá in the Ölfus region of ...