Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.
Proper noun
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language 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:
- "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in northern Wales was one the U.K.'s warmest locations on Tuesday at 21 C.
Translations
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See also
- Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
Welsh
Etymology
Composed of the following elements:
- 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 troi (“to turn”))
- llan (“parish, church”)
- Tysilio (“(saint) Tysilio”)
- -g- (Welsh consonantal infix)
- ogo (dialectal form of ogof (“cave”))
- goch, soft mutation of coch (“red”)
Full meaning: “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”.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key):
- (South Wales) IPA(key):
Audio (North Wales): (file) Audio (South Wales): (file) - Hyphenation: Llan‧fair‧pwll‧gwyn‧gyll‧go‧ger‧y‧chwyrn‧dro‧bwll‧llan‧ty‧si‧lio‧go‧go‧goch
Proper noun
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language settlement name in the world.)
- Synonyms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Mutation
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch | Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||