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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 reduplicated place names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of places with reduplication in their names, often as a result of the grammatical rules of the languages from which the names are derived. Duplicated names from the indigenous languages of Australia , Chile and New Zealand are listed separately and excluded from this page.

  4. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of palindromic places - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of locations in the world with an English name - Wikipedia

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    Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair (after Archibald Blair, Esq, Captain in the Maritime Establishment of the East India Company at Bombay) Ritchie's Archipelago (after John Ritchie, 18th-century British marine surveyor)

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A city in Iowa which supposedly has the longest single word place name in the state. Guess the students do the wrong homwork a lot. Cotonou: The largest city in Benin. Means "by the river of death" in the Fon language. The country also looks like a dick. Covenant Life: A place in Alaska. Coubisou: A commune in France that means "neck kiss" in ...

  8. 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. [30]

  9. Lists of places - Wikipedia

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    List of places named for Israel Putnam; List of places named after Stalin; List of places named after Tito; List of places named after Queen Victoria; List of places named for George Washington; List of places named after peace; List of populated places named after populated places; List of non-US places that have a US place named after them