Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Proper noun

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

A village in Angelsey in North Wales, which has the longest place name in the UK.

Welsh

Etymology

"Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave".


 * http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/index.php

(Listed in the Guinness Book of Records (2002) for the longest valid domain name in the world! The internet allows a maximum of 64 characters for a domain name (including the .co.uk ending) and this name has exactly 64 !)


 * http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

The name was also used in the 1960's cult film Barbarella (Jane Fonda) as the password for Dildano's headquarters.

 53.223118, -4.206278, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey, LL61

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