Tuesday, March 9, 2010

5 Places with LOOOOOOOOOONG Names...

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi
pukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
(85 letters),
 
Tamatea-newzeland-mountain-longest-name
At first glance the above mentioned name is impossible to read. It is the name of a 305 meters (1,000 ft) high mountain in New Zealand. The weird name of the mountain is translated as he summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.
 
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch 
(58 letters)
 
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
The name is also impossible to read out. A small village located on the island of Anglesey in Wales. The name of the town was too weird and complicated to pronounced therefore Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll were introduced.
 
Tikkitikkitembonosarembocharichariruchipiperipembo 
(48 letters) a lake in China
 
Chinese’s were also not behind to make among the list of top five. Although the name is weird and too difficult to pronounce but it is used and used very often to referred a lake.
 
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
(45 letters),
 
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg or Webster is a 1,442-acre lake with a 17-mile shoreline in southern Massachusetts. It is also longest city name and longest lake name in United States. Interestingly the lake is inhabitant and there are few permanent houses on it.
 
Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik lake
(31 Letters)
Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik
There is a lake in Manitoba called Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake, 54° 01′ 42″ N – 93° 32′ 00″ W.Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake- South of Red Sucker Lake. Native name (probably Cree) meaning wild angling, or literally, where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks. This is the longest official geographical name in Manitoba.

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