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The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of Māori origin; it is often shortened to Taumata for brevity. [1] 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 Māori-language 85-letter place name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the longest place name in English-speaking countries and second longest in the world, according to Wises New Zealand Guide and The New Zealand Herald.
The Māori name Pōrangahau expresses the idea of a night (pō) of pursuit or of retreat (rangahau). [3] Six kilometres southwest of the township stands an insubstantial hill, with the longest place name in the world: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. [4] [5]
This hill in Hawke's Bay is credited by The Guinness Book of World Records with having the longest place name in the world Tauranga – a sheltered anchorage for waka , (canoes) Tauweru River – Māori for "hanging in clusters"; the town of Tauweru is named after the river
But, Parade is here to tell you the longest word, accompanied by the 20 longest words in English and their meanings. The English language is vast, eclectic and a little bit complicated.
Believed to be the longest official one-word place name in the United States. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein (44 letters) Farm in the North West province of South Africa: Afrikaans "The spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot". Notes: The longest one-word place name in Africa.
Many New Zealand rivers and lakes have Māori names; these names predominantly use the prefixes wai-(water) and roto-(lake) respectively. Examples include the Waikato, Waipa and Waimakariri rivers, and lakes Rotorua, Rotomahana and Rotoiti. Some Treaty of Waitangi settlements have included placename changes.
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 ]