Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.

Proper noun

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

2. A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language settlement name in the world.

   Synonyms: Llanfair PG, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

   • 1905–1906, Reverend M. A. Bayfield, “Discussion of Mme. X.'s Greek Script”, in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 12, Society for Psychical Research, page 241:

     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."

   • 2015 September 9, Lauren O'Neil, “Weatherman pronounces 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' flawlessly on live TV”, in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation‎^[1]:

     "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in northern Wales was one the U.K.'s warmest locations on Tuesday at 21 C.

Translations

Translations

• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} Лланвайрпуллґвінґіллґоґерихвирндробуллллантісіліоґоґоґох (Llanvajrpullgvingillgogeryxvyrndrobullllantisiliogogogox)
• Welsh: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

See also

• Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
• Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
• Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis

Welsh

Etymology

Composed of the following elements:

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

Full meaning: “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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɪn.ɡɪɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɪrnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]

• Audio (North Wales):

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• Hyphenation: Llan‧fair‧pwll‧gwyn‧gyll‧go‧ger‧y‧chwyrn‧dro‧bwll‧llan‧ty‧si‧lio‧go‧go‧goch

Proper noun

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

1. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language settlement name in the world.)

   Synonyms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch	Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Village website