If you thought Greek names were long, think again! This weatherman on UK’s channel 4 should be given a medal of recognition for managing to pronounce one of the longest place names in the world! It is not a prank, it is a real name! This mouthful of a place ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’ is located in north West Wales and is one of the warmest areas in the UK. Here are some of the longest place names in the world. Can you pronounce them?
10. Muckanaghederdauhaulia is the longest place name in Ireland with 22 letters.
9. Gasselterboerveenschemond has the longest placename in Holland: 25 letters
8. Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya is a hill in the Aussie Outback. It is the longest official place name in Australia, with 26 letters The name means “where the devil urinates” in the local Pitjantjatjara language.
7. Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta in Andhra Pradesh has the longest placename in India, with 28 letters
6. Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake has the longest place name in Canada, with 31 letters.
5. Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä is the longest place name in Finland, and the second longest in Europe, with 35 letters.
4. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein is a farm in the North West province of South Africa with a 44 letter place name.
3. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the USA’s longest place name, with 45 letters.
2. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch boasts the UK’s longest place name, with 58 letters. (The place pronounced by the weatherman, in case you lost count of all the letters)
1. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the 85 letter Māori name for a hill, 305 metres high, overlooking Hawke Bay, New Zealand.
