Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Borrowed from Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

2. A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world.

   Synonyms: Llanfair PG, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

   • 1905–1906, Reverend M. A. Bayfield, “Discussion of Mme. X.'s Greek Script”, in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 12, Society for Psychical Research, page 241:

     Some time ago, during a tour in Wales, I was much struck by the name of a little village in Anglesea. The village is insignificant enough, but it is surely as well described as the most ambitious place could desire. The name runs: "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch."

   • 2015 September 9, Lauren O'Neil, “Weatherman pronounces 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' flawlessly on live TV”, in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation‎^[1]:

     "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in northern Wales was one the U.K.'s warmest locations on Tuesday at 21 C.

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• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
• Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis

Composed of:

• llan (“parish, church”)
• Fair, soft mutation of Mair (“(Saint) Mary”)
• pwll (“pool”)
• gwyn (“white”)
• gyll, soft mutation of cyll (“hazel”)
• go ger (“near about”)
• y (“the”)
• chwyrn (“fierce”)
• drobwll, soft mutation of trobwll (“whirlpool”), from tro (“turn”) + pwll (“pool”)
• llan (“parish, church”)
• Tysilio (“(Saint) Tysilio”)
• -g- (consonantal infix)
• ogo, dialectal form of ogof (“cave”)
• goch, soft mutation of coch (“red”)

Literally, “Saint Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave”.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɪn.ɡɪɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɪrnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]

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• Hyphenation: Llan‧fair‧pwll‧gwyn‧gyll‧go‧ger‧y‧chwyrn‧dro‧bwll‧llan‧ty‧si‧lio‧go‧go‧goch

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

2. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world)

   Synonyms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll