The Longest Place name in the World is in New Zealand

[Bretrick]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
85 Letters.
Translation: "The 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"

 

[CallMeKate]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
85 Letters.

In contrast, there is an island in Micronesia named U. Now where's that useless facts thread?!

 

[CallMeKate]

 

[Bretrick]

I wonder what that sounded like as the children were learning to pronounce it in school.

 

[horseless carriage]

85 letters, well that knocks the Welsh 58 lettered: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch into a cocked hat.

It translates into English as St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave. The village was given this long name as a publicity stunt to bring people to the village in the Victorian era of railway tourism. The stunt was successful.

 

[jujube]

In Massachusetts, you'll find Lake Webster, whose Native American name is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, translating roughly to "You fish on one side, we'll fish on the other side and nobody fishes in the middle."

Sounds like a good arrangement.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
85 Letters.
Translation: "The 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"

That may be a legal name, but what do Aussies really call it?

 

[fuzzybuddy]

In Massachusetts, you'll find Lake Webster, whose Native American name is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, translating roughly to "You fish on one side, we'll fish on the other side and nobody fishes in the middle."

Sounds like a good arrangement.

jujube, you beat me to the punch. My brother used live on Webster Lake.