Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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Etymology

Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Proper noun

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

1. A village in Anglesey in North Wales, which has the longest place name in the UK

Abbreviations

• Llanfair PG
• Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
• Llanfairpwll

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Welsh

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Etymology

llan (“parish, church”) + Fair soft mutation of Mair (“(saint) Mary”) + pwll (“pool”) + gwyn (“white”) + cyll (“hazel”) + go ger (“near about”) + y (“the”) + chwyrn (“fierce”) + drobwll soft mutation of trobwll (“whirlpool”) (from troi (“to turn”)) + pwll (“pool”) + llan (“parish, church”) + Tysilio (“(saint) Tysilio”) + -g- (Welsh consonantal infix) + ogo (dialectal form of ogof (“cave”)) + 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

• IPA: /ˌɬan.vair.puɬˌɡwɪ̈n.ɡɪ̈ɬ.ɡoˌɡerˌʌːˌχwɪ̈rnˌdro.buɬˌɬan.tʌˌsil.jɒˌɡo.ɡoˈɡoːχ/

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Proper noun

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

1. A village in Anglesey in North Wales, which has the longest place name in the UK.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch	Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
nasal	aspirate
unchanged	unchanged

Abbreviations

• Llanfair PG
• Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
• Llanfairpwll

External links

Village website