Is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch the world's longest single word?

[♥ Lily ♥]

Is this the longest single word domain name in the world?

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.info/images/station.jpg


Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch (or Llanfairpwll, or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, or Llanfair PG, or just Llanfair as it is known by the locals) is on the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) in Wales (Cymru).

The town has become famous because of its very long name. It has the longest railway station name in the United Kingdom, and now the longest single word domain name in the world.

Drop into the tourist information office in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch, ask the staff nicely, and they will happily pronounce the name of the town for you. They get asked to do this many times a day, every day, so remember to be polite.


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[Katariina]

How...how does one even say that? Just looking at that word is making me have a stroke.

[♥ Lily ♥]

14 Welsh placenames with no (English) vowels in the words.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/14-welsh-place-names-no-6263550

[Smaug]

I have a recording of me pronouncing it on the "Post Your Accent" thread, if anyone is interested of course.

[Katariina]

14 Welsh placenames with no English vowels in the words.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/14-welsh-place-names-no-6263550

Just read this article. My tiny, uncultured, American brain hurts.

[Jägerstaffel]

A friend of mine speaks Welsh so of course I had him pronounce that for me.

It is a bit of a made up name though.

[Smaug]

A friend of mine speaks Welsh so of course I had him pronounce that for me.

It is a bit of a made up name though.

It is, quite. Just to attract tourists. However is does have a meaning, it's not a made up word. Actually iťs a hole sentence. "Llan" for example means "church". The town in South Wales where my family is from is called "Llandeilo" for example. It's a very common prefix in Wales.

[alfieb]

I have a recording of me pronouncing it on the "Post Your Accent" thread, if anyone is interested of course.

I'm not, but because of the effort that you must have put into that, I'll go look for it later anyway.

[TheBlondeSalad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNN3Cpnur1k

The heck? :banging head

[Graham]

And you wonder why the celtic languages struggle.

[OnceLord]

One glimpse at the thread title and I knew we were dealing with sheepshaggeristan, Lmao


And you wonder why the celtic languages struggle.

Great point actually, Celtic languages IMO are the most cumbersome to approach out of all the Indo Euro branches.. Next up would probably be something like Tocharian, met a fate somewhat parallel to Celtic, wouldn't you say?

[♥ Lily ♥]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM

[♥ Lily ♥]

The long form of the name is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world at 58 characters (51 "letters" since "ch" and "ll" are digraphs, and are treated as single letters in the Welsh language).

Literally translated, the name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch means: [The] church of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [of the] pool (pwll) of the white hazels (gwyn gyll) near [lit. "over against"] (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the church of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) of the red cave (-ogo[f] goch). The latter element has also been translated as "the cave of St Tysilio the Red".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

[Dorian]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFTIn4ck2A