Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu? WTF?!
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
Thailand's capital Bangkok boasts the rather unwieldy official ceremonial name Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit. Long, but lots of words right? Here are the longest single word place names.
Muckanaghederdauhaulia is the longest place name in Ireland with 22 letters.
From Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile meaning "pig-marsh between two saltwaters". Possible longer names have recently challenged Muckanaghederdauhaulia's status. More here.
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Gasselterboerveenschemond has the longest placename in Holland: 25 letters.
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya is a hill in the Aussie Outback. It is the longest official place name in Australia, with 26 letters.
The name means "where the devil urinates" in the local Pitjantjatjara language.
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