World's Longest Place Name

Thailand has beaten challenges from New Zealand and Wales for the world's longest place name. Lets see.

WALES boasts a village called
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters), which in English means "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave."

NEW ZEALAND stakes its claim on the Maori name for a hill near Porangahau, Hawkes Bay, which is called
Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuaakitanarahu (92 letters).
The name means "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as land eater, played his flute to his loved one."

THAILAND also boasts the Bangkok as the world's longest name:

Krung-thep-maha-nakorn-boworn-ratana-kosin-mahintar- ayudhya-amaha-dilok-pop-nopa-ratana-rajthani-burirom-udom-rajniwes-mahasat-arn-amorn-pimarn- avatar-satit- sakattiya-visanukam (163 letters).

The meaning are as following:

' krungthep mahanakorn '
= The great city of angels,

' amorn rattanakosin mahintara yutthaya mahadilok phop '
= the supreme unconqueralble land of the great immortal divinity (Indra),

' noparat rajathani burirom '
= the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city,

' udomrajaniwes mahasatharn '
= with plenty of grand royal palaces,

' amorn phimarn avatarnsathit '
= and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity (Vishnu),

' sakkatattiya visanukam prasit '
= given by Indra and created by the god of crafting (Visnukarma).

The result is:
* Third longest place name (bronze medal): WALES.
* Second longest (silver medal): NEW ZEALAND.
* Gold Award winner THAILAND.

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