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Long placenames


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Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
The longest place name in the United States and 6th longest in the world.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
The longest officially-recognised place name in the United Kingdom.

El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, the original name of Los Angeles. The name means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola".
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
A small hill with a big name in New Zealand.
Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
A farm about 200 km west of Pretoria, South Africa.
Krungthep Mahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathani Burirom-udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit
It is Bangkok's full ceremonial name and translates as City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest. The name is even listed in Guinness World Records as the world's longest place name.

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