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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 ...
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)
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.
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 ...
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The name of four villages in Estonia. Means "penis" in Finnish and Estonian. Kullimaa: The name of two villages in Estonia. Means "land of penis" in Finnish and Estonian. Kumi: A town in Uganda that the Finns might find amusing. "Kumi" means either "rubber" or "eraser" but is also a slang term for a condom. Kumler: A ghost town in Illinois ...
Kent coat of arms. Meopham / ˈ m ɛ p əm / ⓘ is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in north-west Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend.The parish covers 6.5 square miles (17 km 2), and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it had a population of 6,795 [2] at the 2021 census. [1]