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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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English
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
250 vertical Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll roofscape (1) - geograph.org.uk - 1058331.jpg View of the village Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.JPG Shop sign with the full name and its English translation
Etymology
en cy Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.
Proper noun
en Q322 en village county/Anglesey cc/Wales c/UK known for having the longest place name in continent/Europe and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world.
en Llanfair PG Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
en 1905 1906 Reverend M. A. Bayfield w:Society for Psychical Research Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Discussion of Mme. X.'s Greek Script 12 241 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Society_for_Psychical_Res/2zYNAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch%22&pg=PA241 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."
en 2015-09-09 Lauren O'Neil Weatherman pronounces Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch flawlessly on live TV w:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/weatherman-liam-dutton-pronounces-llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-perfectly-1.3221414 "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in northern Wales was one the U.K.'s warmest locations on Tuesday at 21 C. Comments on a video clip of Dutton's deft delivery, posted to the Channel 4 News Facebook page, lend credence to his claim that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch may in fact be the U.K.'s hardest name to pronounce. https://web.archive.org/web/20190219183121/https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/weatherman-liam-dutton-pronounces-llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-perfectly-1.3221414
Translations
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Armenian: hy Լլանվայրպուլլգուինգիլլգոգերիխուիրնդրոբուլլլլանտիսիլիոգոգոգոխ
Bulgarian: bg Ланвайрпулгуингилгогеръхуърндробуллантисильогогого́х m
Chinese:
Mandarin: zh 兰韦尔普尔古因吉尔戈格里惠尔恩德罗布尔兰蒂西利奥戈戈戈赫
Wu: wuu 兰韦尔普尔古因吉尔戈格里惠尔恩德罗布尔兰蒂西利奥戈戈戈赫
Hindi: hi ल्लानवायरपुल्लग्विंगिल्लगोगेरिक्विर्नद्रोबुल्लल्लानतिसिलियोगोगोगोख
Japanese: ja スランヴァイルプールグウィンギルゴゲリッヒルンドロブールスランティシリオゴゴゴッホ
Korean: ko 흘란바이르푸흘귄기흘고게러훠른드로부흘흘란더실리오고고고흐
Lao: lo ລະນ໌ໄຝຣ໌ປຶລ໌ກຸວິງ໌ກິລ໌ກັອແກັເຣຂຸເວຣ໌ນ໌ດ໌ຣັອບຶລ໌ລັນເຕສິລ໌ຢັອກັອກັອກ໌
Macedonian: mk Ланваирпулгвингилгогерихверндробуландисилиогогогох
Russian: ru Лланвайрпуллгуингиллгогерихуирндробуллллантисилиогогого́х
Sanskrit: sa मार्यादेवालयश्वेतभाण्डीलगर्तवेगभ्रामस्रोतःसन्निकटतिसिलियदेवालयलोहितगुहासन्निकटग्राम
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ланваирпулгвингилгогерихвирндробулантисилиогогогох
Latin: sh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Thai: th ซันไวร์พุซกวึนกึซกอแกเรอควืร์นดรอบุซซันเทอซิลิยอกอกอโกค
Ukrainian: uk Лланвайрпуллґвінґілґоґерихвирндробуллллантісіліоґоґоґох
Welsh: cy Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
See also
en Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
en Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis species
Welsh
cy:Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
Etymology
Composed of:
cy llan parish, church
cy Fair, soft mutation of cy Mair (Saint) Mary
cy pwll pool
cy gwyn white
cy gyll, soft mutation of cy cyll hazel
cy go ger near about
cy y the
cy chwyrn fierce
cy drobwll, soft mutation of cy trobwll whirlpool, from cy tro turn + cy pwll pool
cy llan parish, church
cy Tysilio (Saint) Tysilio
cy gogo, dialectal form of cy gogof cave
cy goch, soft mutation of cy coch red
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
cy [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ] North Wales
cy [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɪn.ɡɪɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɪrnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ] South Wales
cy Cy-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Welsh pronunciation, recorded 17-05-2012).ogg North Wales
cy Cy-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.ogg South Wales
cy Llan fair pwll gwyn gyll go ger y chwyrn dro bwll llan ty si lio go go goch
Proper noun
cy proper noun
cy Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Q322
cy Llanfair PG Llanfairpwll Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Mutation
cy Long Welsh words