Longest Village Name Wales
The longest hyphenated name in england is the 29 letter long name sutton under whitestonecliffe the name of a tiny village in north yorkshire.
Longest village name wales. Locals refer to the village as llanfair or as llanfair pg pronounced roughly hlan var. The longest names for communes in france with 38 letters each are saint remy en bouzemont saint genest et isson marne 45 characters including hyphens saint germain de tallevende la lande vaumont. The village known as llanfair pg for short is in the guinness book of records for being the place with the longest name in britain. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or llanfair pwllgwyngyll pronounced ɬanˌvair puɬˈɡwɨ nɡɨ ɬ is a large village and local government community on the island of anglesey wales on the menai strait next to the britannia bridge and across the strait from bangor both shortened llanfairpwll or llanfair pg and lengthened llanfair pwllgwyngyll gogery chwyrn drobwll llan tysilio gogo.
And so you may ask what does this name mean. The station is known for its huge sign of the village s name and how to pronounce it. Well it goes something like this. A village in anglesey in north wales known for having the longest place name in the united kingdom a village in anglesey in north wales which has the longest place name in the uk.
Initially this community was referred to as llanfair pwllgwyngyll before its name was changed in the 1860s for promotional purposes. Llanfairpwll on anglesey is known by many as that place in wales with the long name. At 39 letters this is the fifth longest name of a place in the world. The village was given this long name as a publicity stunt to bring people to the village.
A 2011 survey revealed that 71 of the village s population can speak welsh. Tysilio of the red cave. Llanfairpwll longest named village in the world. Saint mary s church by the white hazel pool near the fierce whirlpool with the church of saint tysilio by the red cave.
The charity action on smoking and health ash wales is. Saint mary s church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of st. This is the name of a large community of villages in wales found on the islands of anglesey. To help you to understand how we get the translation above here is a breakdown of the name and a translation of some welsh words.