List of long place names

This is a list of long place names.

Single-word names

25 letters or more

LocationLanguageTranslation
Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu (85 letters); Short form: Taumata
Hill in North Island, New ZealandMāori"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".
Note: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official place name in the world.
Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch (58 characters); Short forms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
The 58 characters include 7 digraphs, so it consists of only 51 letters in the Welsh language.
Village on the isle of Anglesey, Wales, United KingdomWelsh"The church of St Mary at the pool of the white hazels near the fierce whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave."
Note: The longest official one-word place name in Europe, it is also the longest name for a settlement.
Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg (45 letters); Short forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug;[1] Webster Lake
Lake in Webster, Massachusetts, United StatesNipmuc"Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds".[2]
Believed to be the longest official one-word place name in the United States.
Twee­buffels­met­een­skoot­morsdood­geskiet­fontein (44 letters)
Farm in the North West province of South AfricaAfrikaans"The spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot".

Notes: The longest one-word place name in Africa. Located near the place "Putfontein" (pit spring).[3][4][5][6]

NameNo.LocationLanguageTranslation
Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä35Bog region in Lapland, FinlandFinnish
(northern dialect)		"The bog on which the storage hut standing on a single pillar and belonging to 'Paul', the son of 'Peter', the son of 'Andrew', stands/stood on".
Notes: The longest official one-word place name in Finland, the third-longest (including names with spaces or hyphens) in Europe and since 2020 the longest official place name in European Union (before Brexit this record was held by Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch).
Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik31Lake in Manitoba, CanadaCree"Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks".
Note: The longest official one-word placename in Canada.[7]
Nondraisilisilinayalewatonga[8] 28 A stream in Viti Levu, Fiji Fijian
Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau28Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South KoreaKoreanHangul: 안돌이지돌이다래미한숨바우
"A road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough."[9]
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta28Village in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaTeluguTelugu: వెంకటనరసింహరాజువారిపేట

"Venkatanarasimharaju's city".
Note: The longest one-word placename in India.

Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte27Farm in the Upper Karoo in South AfricaAfrikaans"Upper end of throat-cut valley" ("hollow" may be more accurate than "valley").
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya26A hill in South Australia, AustraliaPitjantjatjara"Where the devil urinates".
Note: The longest official one-word placename in Australia.[10]
Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan26on the isle of Mull, ScotlandScots GaelicTranslates to 'ridge of the house of the son of Gille Chatain'.[11]
Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich26A hamlet outside the village of Schmedeswurth, Schleswig-Holstein, GermanyGerman"West levee of the smith's hill-village".
Wereldtentoonstellingslaan26Avenue in Ganshoren, Brussels, BelgiumDutch"World Fair Avenue"
Named after Brussels World Fair of 1958.
Haaldersbroekerdwarsstraat26Street in Zaandam, NetherlandsDutch"Cross street in Haalderbroek".[12]
Bullaunancheathrairaluinn25Bullaun in County Galway, IrelandAnglicisation of IrishIrish: Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn.[13]
"Bullaun of the Four Beauties".
Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived placename in Ireland.[13]
Noordhollandschkanaaldijk25Dike in Amsterdam, NetherlandsDutch"North Holland canal dike".[12]
Blindeliedengasthuissteeg25Alley in Dordrecht, NetherlandsDutch"Blind craftsmen guesthouse alley".[12]
Reijmerstokkerdorpsstraat25Street in Reijmerstok, NetherlandsDutch"Reijmerstok town road".[12]
Gasselterboerveenschemond25Hamlet in Drenthe, NetherlandsDutch"Delta of Gasselt's (surname) farmer's bog".
Note: The longest official one-word place name in the Netherlands.

20–24 letters

NameNo.LocationLanguageTranslation
Gasselternijveenschemond24Hamlet in Drenthe, NetherlandsDutch"Delta of Gasselt's (surname) new bog".
Nederokkerzeelsesteenweg24Street in Kortenberg municipality, BelgiumDutch”Nederokkerzeel stone road”.
Schuiferskapelsesteenweg24Street in Tielt municipality, BelgiumDutch”Schuiferskapelle stone road”.
Nyugatifelsőszombatfalva24Part of the village of Sâmbăta de Sus in Brașov county, RomaniaHungarian"Western upper Saturday village"
This name is no longer officially used as the settlement became part of the village Sâmbăta de Sus (or Felsőszombatfalva in Hungarian).[14]
Staronizhestebliyevskaya24Stanitsa in Krasnodar Krai, RussiaRussian"The old settlement named after Nizhne-Stebliyevskiy kurin (of Zaporizhian Sich)"
The name of the kurin means "the lower one named after Stebliv".
In Cyrillic alphabet: Старонижестеблиевская (21 letters).
Nggiringgirinatanggalulu[8] 24 A stream in Viti Levu, Fiji Fijian
Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo24Village in Orenburg Oblast, RussiaRussianThe upper new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name).
In Cyrillic alphabet: Верхненовокутлумбетьево (23 letters and yers).
Believed to be the longest one-word name of a settlement in Russia.[15]
Onafhankelijkheidsplein[16][17]23Central square in Paramaribo, SurinameDutch"Independence Square".
Kvernbergsundsødegården[18]23Ringerike, Buskerud, NorwayNorwegian"The Deserted Farm of The Mill Mountain Strait".
Narasimhanaickenpalayam23Village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaTamilNamed after Lord Narsimha (Lord Vishnu); a temple is in Narasimhanaickenpalayam.
Gotthelffriedrichsgrund23Mittelsachsen, GermanyGerman

Translation: "Gotthelf Friedrich's ground".[19]

Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo23Village in Matveyevsky District, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaRussian"The lower new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name)"
In Cyrillic alphabet: Нижненовокутлумбетьево (22 letters and yers)
Nunathloogagamiutbingoi23Beach on the coast of Nunivak Island in Bethel Census Area, AlaskaNunivak Cup'ig.
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur23Municipality in IcelandIcelandic"Cool Edge's Shore's Municipality".
Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður23Municipality in IcelandIcelandicSeyðisfjörður municipality
Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður23Municipality in IcelandIcelandicNamed after Þuríður, the affix means a municipality.
Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður23Municipality in IcelandIcelandic"Harbor fjord municipality".
Yamagawahamachiyogamizu23Ibusuki, Kagoshima, JapanJapanese"Beach of the children's water in the mountains and river region" (located near Yamagawaokachiyogamizu).
In Japanese characters (hiragana): やまがわはまちよがみず (11 kana).
In Chinese characters (kanji): 山川浜児ヶ水 (6 kanji).
Harinxmakanaalspoorbrug23Leeuwarden, NetherlandsDutch"Railway bridge over the Van Harinxmakanaal".[20]
Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi22Murmansk, RussiaSaamiTranslation: "Lake by the mountain of the great white reindeer" or "Lake under wolf mountain".[21]
In Cyrillic alphabet: Вильгискоддеоайвинъярви­ (24 letters).
Koopvaardersschutsluis22Lock in Den Helder, NetherlandsDutch"Merchant lock with gates".[22]
Westerkanaalschutsluis22Leeuwarden, NetherlandsDutch"Lock with gates over the Westerkanaal".[20]
Kuchistiniwamiskahikan22Island in Quebec, CanadaCreeThe island where boats entering the bay.[23]
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Quebec.[7]
Parangaricutirimicuaro22City in Michoacán, MexicoPurépechaThe word itself is a kind of tongue-twister, similar to the English "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
Notes: The longest placename in Mexico. The village, now known as Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, is also called San Juan, Nuevo San Juan, and Parangaricutiro.
Drehideenglashanatooha22Bridge in County Tipperary, IrelandAnglicisation of IrishDroichidín Glaise na Tuaithe, "Little Bridge of the Tribe's Green".
Muckanaghederdauhaulia22Townland in Kilcummin, County Galway, IrelandAnglicisation of IrishMuiceanach idir Dhá Sháile, Piggery between two briny places"
Formerly regarded as the longest placename (spelled in English) in Ireland (22 letters), it has been superseded by awareness of longer names.
Gijzelbrechtegemstraat22Street in Gijzelbrechtegem, Anzegem municipality, BelgiumDutchGijzelbrechtegem street.
Yamagawaokachiyogamizu22Ibusuki, Kagoshima, JapanJapanese"Hill of the children's water in the mountains and river region" (located near Yamagawahamachiyogamizu).
In Japanese characters (hiragana): やまがわおかちよがみず (11 kana).
In Chinese characters (kanji): 山川岡児ヶ水 (6 kanji).
Schaufelbergerstrasse 21 Street in Zürich, Switzerland German "Shovel hill street"
Schoonslaapsterstraat21Street in Brussels, BelgiumDutchSleeping Beauty Street
French: rue de la Belle-au-Bois-Dormant
Gschlachtenbretzingen21Suburb of Michelbach an der Bilz, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySwabian German"fertile Bretzingen" (as opposed to neighbouring Rauhenbretzingen, "rough Bretzingen").
Note: The contraction of the "ge-" prefix to "g-" is a feature of Swabian. The name is therefore occasionally written in standard German as "Geschlachtenbretzingen" (22 letters).[19]
Saaranpaskantamasaari21Small uninhabited island in Lake Onkamojärvi in northeastern FinlandFinnish"An island shat by Saara".
Naivutuvutunivakalolo[8] 21 A stream in Fiji Fijian
Nemesboldogasszonyfa20Part of Alsópáhok, a village in Zala County, HungaryHungarian"Village of the noble blessed virgin".
Eexterveenschekanaal20Village in Aa en Hunze municipality, Drenthe, NetherlandsDutch"Channel through the peat of Eext" or "Channel of Eexterveen".
Jászfelsőszentgyörgy20Village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, HungaryHungarian"Upper St. George in Jászság".
Siemieniakowszczyzna20Village in Hajnówka County, PolandPolish"Ground of Siemieniak" (lit. "Siemieniakishness").
Tissvassklumptjønnin20Lierne, Trøndelag, NorwayNorwegian"The Slow Freezing Water's Lump Ponds" ("Klump" here means "mountain").
Vanhankaupunginselkä20FinlandFinnish"Old City Bay".
Mittelschaeffolsheim20Small village in Alsace, FranceAlsatian"In the middle of Schaeffol's hamlet".
Niederschaeffolsheim20Small village in Alsace, FranceAlsatian"Under Schaeffol's hamlet".
Oostrozebeeksestraat20Street between Hulste and Oostrozebeke, BelgiumDutchOostrozebeke street
Tálknafjarðarhreppur20Municipality in IcelandIcelandic"Tálknafjörður's shire".
Schaffhauserrheinweg20Street in Basel, SwitzerlandGerman."Schaffhauser Rhine road".[24]
Nggaravandungundungu (Point)[8] 20 Point in Kadavu Island, Fiji

14–19 letters

Name No. Location Language Translation
Vopnafjarðarhreppur 19 Municipality in Iceland Icelandic "Weapon Fjord Municipality"
Annerveenschekanaal 19 Village in Aa en Hunze municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands Dutch "Channel through the peat of Annen" or " Channel of Annerveen"
Cadibarrawirracanna 19 Lake in South Australia, Australia Arabana "The stars were dancing”.
Newtownmountkennedy 19 Village in County Wicklow, Ireland English "New town in the manor of Mount Kennedy". Also spelled Newtown Mountkennedy or Newtown Mount Kennedy.[25]
Cottonshopeburnfoot 19 Hamlet in Northumberland, England English "The end of the Cottonshope Burn" (a tributary that flows into the River Rede). Longest name with solely English roots.
Nyugotszenterzsébet 19 Small village in Baranya, Hungary Hungarian "Western St. Elizabeth".
Balatonszentgyörgy 19 Village in Somogy County, Hungary Hungarian "St. George by Balaton".
Kirkjubæjarklaustur 19 Village in the Skaftárhreppur municipality, Iceland Icelandic "Church farm monastery".
Jászalsószentgyörgy 19 Village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary Hungarian "Lower St. George in Jászság."
Krammerjachtensluis 19 Lock on the Grevelingenmeer, Netherlands Dutch "Lock on the river Krammer of the hunt".[26]
Staromikhaylovskoye 19 Village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia Russian
Hrunamannahreppur 19 Municipality in Iceland Icelandic Warm geyser municipality.
Johanngeorgenstadt18Mining town in Saxony, GermanyGerman"City of John George".
Kwigiumpainukamiut 18 Ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States Yupik
Kristiinankaupunki 18 Town on the western coast of Finland Finnish "Christina's Town" (refers to Queen Christina of Sweden).
Oberschaeffolsheim 18 Small village in Alsace, France Alsatian "Upper Schaeffol's home".
Obuladevaracheruvu 18 Village in Kadiri revenue division, Anantapuramu district, Andhra Pradesh, India Telugu
Pietramontecorvino 18 Town in Apulia, Italy Italian "Stone of the Corvino mountain"
Thiruvananthapuram 18 Capital city of Kerala, India Malayalam "City of Lord Anantha".[27]
Breuschwickersheim 18 Village in Alsace, France Alsatian "Home of the vicar (living next to the) Bruche (river)".
Rhosllannerchrugog 18 Village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales Welsh "Moor of the Heathery Glade".

Often spelt with one N, following the original Welsh, but this spelling is in common use too. The name includes 3 Welsh digraphs, so in Welsh it is only 15 letters long.

Prachaksinlapakhom 18 District (Amphoe) in Udon Thani Province, Thailand Thai Named after Prince Prachaksinlapakhom, son of King Mongkut of Siam.
Tauberbischofsheim 18 City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany German "Home of the bishop (by the) Tauber (river)".
Kaldrananeshreppur 18 Municipality in Iceland Icelandic Possibly "Cold rune shire".
Blagoveshchenskoye 18 Several places in Russia and one in Kazakhstan Russian "Small city of good news"
Novokonstantinovka 18 Town in Bashkortostan, Russia Russian In Cyrillic: Новоконстантиновка.

Translation: "New settlement named after Konstantin".

Kurundugahahetekma 18 Galle district, Sri Lanka Sinhala "First mile post that has a cinnamon tree".
Andoharanomaintso 17 Town in Madagascar Malagasy "The place of green springs"
Civitacampomarano 17 Village in Molise, Italy Italian "Village of Marano field".
Georgsmarienhütte 17 Town near Osnabrück, Germany German “The town where King Georg of Hannover and his wife Marie built a steelwork.”
Gobichettipalayam 17 City in Tamil Nadu, India Tamil
Kleinfeltersville 17 Unincorporated community in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Mooselookmeguntic 17 Populated place in Franklin County, Maine, United States Abenaki "Moose feeding place".
Hrunamannahreppur 17 Municipality in Iceland Icelandic "Warm geyser municipality".
Jazgarzewszczyzna 17 Village in Piaseczno County, Poland Polish "Jazgarzewski's estate".
Kirchheimbolanden 17 Town in Germany German Translation: "Home with a Church (near the municipality) Bolanden".
Papahānaumokuākea 17 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, United States Hawaiian Translation: unknown.

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Qeqertarsuatsiaat 17 Sermersooq, Greenland West Greenlandic "Almost big island".
Skummeslövsstrand 17 Halland, Sweden Swedish "The inherited lot of the scutsman", where scutsman comes from an old word for either taxman or hunter.[28]
Eggewaartskapelle 17 A town in Veurne municipality, Belgium Dutch "Eggewaart's chapel".
Tytsjerksteradiel 17 Municipality in the province of Friesland, Netherlands West Frisian Named after the town of Tytsjerk, which in turn has its name derived from a person named Tiete.
Starokostiantyniv 17 Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine Ukrainian Translation: "Old Constantine's town".

In Cyrillic: Старокостянтинів.

Bolshezingereyevo 17 Rural locality in Bashkortostan, Russia Russian Translation: Unknown.

In Cyrillic: Большезингереево.

Ateqanngitsorsuaq 17 Island in the Upernavik Archipelago in Greenland Greenlandic Translation: Unknown.
Schlënnermanescht 17 Village in Luxembourg Luxembourgish "Schlindermanderscheid" in German
Stokeinteignhead 16 Village in Devon, England English Small hamlet in the ten hides (Stoke is Anglo Saxon for village; Hide is an Anglo Saxon land unit). Later ten hides was corrupted to Teign - the name of a nearby river.
Ittoqqortoormiit 16 a village in Sermersooq, Greenland East Greenlandic It means "Big House dwellers"
Kombodinjamakkal 16 Town in Kerala, India Malayalam Roughly means defoliation, the short version is 'Kombody' or 'Kombodi'.
Combeinteignhead 16 Village in Devon, England English
Doddiscombsleigh 16 Village in Devon, England English
Woolfardisworthy 16 Two villages in Devon, England English
Moretonhampstead 16 Town in Devon, England English
Brzyskorzystewko 16 Village in Żnin County, Poland Polish Smaller Brzyskorzystew.
Skirsnemuniškiai 16 Village in Lithuania Lithuanian Place related to Skirsnemunė village (which comes from the German castle name Christmemel)
Baltramiejiškiai 16 Village in Lithuania Lithuanian Place of Bartholomew (Baltramiejus)
Barrancabermeja 15 City in Colombia Spanish Red curve
Castlecaulfield 15 Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland English Settlement for Castle Caulfield[29]
Civitaluparella 15 Village in Abruzzo, Italy Italian ”Village of wolf hunters”
Itaquaquecetuba 15 Municipality in São Paulo (state), Brazil Portuguese Tupi for "place abundant with blade-like taquaras"
Maggieknockater 15 Hamlet in Banffshire, Scotland English/Gaelic Magh an Fhùcadair, meaning "field of the fuller" or "plain of the hilly ridge"
Longframlington 15 Village in Northumberland, England. English
Michilimackinac 15 Region in Michigan Ojibwe
Newtownhamilton 15 Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland English Established by a Mr. Hamilton in the 1770s[30]
Piddletrenthide 15 Village in Dorset, England English
Pronunciamiento 15 Village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina Spanish "Pronouncement" (of Justo José de Urquiza in 1851, accepting the resignation of the governor of Buenos Aires Province Juan Manuel de Rosas)
Tiruvannamalai 14 A city in Tamil Nadu, India Tamil Roughly means great inaccessible mountain[31]
Afyonkarahisar 14 A province of Turkey located in Central Anatolia/Aegean Region Turkish
Marcapomacocha 14 District in Junín, Peru Quechua
Huarurumicocha 14 Lake in department of Cuzco, Peru Quechua
Castrovirreyna 14 Town in department of Huancavelica, Peru Quechua
Chacharramendi 14 Village in Utracán, La Pampa Province, Argentina Basque Named after an island in Spain (Txatxarramendi).
Christophersen 14 Village in Santa Fe Province, Argentina Norwegian Named after Peter Christophersen.
Chuquibambilla 14 Town in Apurímac, Peru Quechua
Aguascalientes 14 City in Aguascalientes, Mexico Spanish ''Hot Waters''
Prostředkovice 14 Village in Jihlava District, Czechia Czech "Village in the middle"
Brzyskorzystew 14 Village in Żnin County, Poland Polish "Without benefit", describing a small and dried up water canal flowing through the village.[32]

Names with spaces or hyphens, by country

  • Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (176 letters, 7 spaces) Full name of Bangkok, Thailand (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์, 132 letters)
  • Some long Thai place names containing at least 20 letters are:
    • Bang Pakong Phrom Thep Rangsan (26 letters, 4 spaces) subdistrict municipality, Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao province (Thai: บางปะกงพรหมเทพรังสรรค์)
    • Nikhom Sang Ton-eng Lam Dom Noi (25 letters, 1 hyphen, and 5 spaces) subdistrict, Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani province (Thai: นิคมสร้างตนเองลําโดมน้อย)
    • Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat (23 letters and 3 spaces) district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province (Thai: เมืองนครศรีธรรมราช)
    • Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan (23 letters and 3 spaces) district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province (Thai: เมืองประจวบคีรีขันธ์)
    • Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang (23 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok (Thai: พระบรมมหาราชวัง)
    • Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Tok (22 letters and 4 spaces; lit. 'Western Pak Phanang') subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province (Thai: ปากพนังฝั่งตะวันตก)
    • Khlong Nakhon Nueang Khet (22 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province (Thai: คลองนครเนื่องเขต)
    • Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima (22 letters and 2 spaces) district, Nakhon Ratchasima province (Thai: เมืองนครราชสีมา)
    • Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Ok (21 letters and 4 spaces; lit. 'Eastern Pak Phanang') subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province (Thai: ปากพนังฝั่งตะวันออก)
    • Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen (21 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok (Thai: ปากคลองภาษีเจริญ)
    • Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (21 letters and 3 spaces) province, district, and city municipality (Thai: พระนครศรีอยุธยา)
    • Mueang Ubon Ratchathani (21 letters and 2 spaces) district, Ubon Ratchathani province (Thai: เมืองอุบลราชธานี)
    • Khlong Udom Chonlachon (20 letters and 2 spaces) subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province (Thai: คลองอุดมชลจร)
    • Mueang Samut Songkhram (20 letter and 2 spaces) district, Samut Songkhram province (Thai: เมืองสมุทรสงคราม)
    • Thung Kratat Phatthana (20 letters and 2 spaces) subdistrict, Nong Ki district, Buriram province (Thai: ทุ่งกระตาดพัฒนา)
  • Dr. Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy Andhra Cricket Association–Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium (96 letters),[33] longest place name in India.
  • Longest place names in Canada:
    • Local service district of Lethbridge, Morley's Siding, Brooklyn, Charleston, Jamestown, Portland, Winter Brook and Sweet Bay (80 letters, 87 non-space characters), Newfoundland and Labrador
    • United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde (61 letters, 68 non-space characters), usually shortened to Dysart, et al., Ontario
  • Uruguay: Muy Fiel y Reconquistadora Ciudad de San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo (60 letters)
  • United Kingdom: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (48 letters, longest official name of a country)
    • Longest names for Great Britain localities (using the Index of Place Names)[34] and NI (using the OSNI Place Names dataset)[29] include:
      • England:
        • North Leverton with Habblesthorpe (32 characters)
        • Sulhamstead Bannister Upper End (31 characters)
        • The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire.
      • Scotland:
        • Ceann a Tuath Loch Baghasdail (29 characters)
        • Eastertown of Auchleuchries (27 characters)
      • Wales:
        • Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau (28 characters)
        • Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern (27 characters)
      • Northern Ireland
        • Victoria Bridge (15 characters)
  • United States:
    • Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 letters)
    • State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1636–2020) (42 letters)
  • Argentina: Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre, Buenos Aires (40 letters)
  • Venezuela: Santiago de León de Caracas (23 letters)
  • Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (23 letters)
  • Some long U.S. place names appearing in the Geographic Names Information System are:[35]
    • Winchester-on-the-Severn, Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas (21 letters, longest hyphenated place names in the U.S.)
    • Rancho Santa Margarita, California
    • Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
    • Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
    • Little Harbor on the Hillsboro, Florida
    • Pops Hammock Seminole Village, Florida
    • Friendly Village of Crooked Creek, Georgia
    • Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
    • Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
    • The Village of Lakewood, Illinois
    • Little Diamond Island Landing, Maine
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
    • Orchard Point at Piney Orchard, Maryland
    • Point Field Landing on the Severn, Maryland
    • Riverside Village of Church Creek, Maryland
    • Monmouth Heights at Manalapan, New Jersey
    • Staffordville Public Landing, New Jersey
    • Holly View Forest-Highland Park, North Carolina
    • The Village of Indian Hill, Ohio
    • Washington Court House, Ohio
    • Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, Pennsylvania
    • The Landing at Plantation Point, South Carolina
    • Kinney and Gourlays Improved City Plat, Utah
    • Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah
    • Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
    • South Chicago Heights, Illinois
    • Grand View-on-Hudson, New York
    • Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina
  • The original name of Los Angeles, California, in 1781, was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula"; in English this means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River".[36]
  • The full, legal name of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is "La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís" ('the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi'). The full name is in both the seal and the flag of the city.
  • The longest names for communes in France are Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Marne (45 characters including hyphens), Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Calvados (44 characters), and Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur, Haute-Saône (43 characters).
  • The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens).
  • The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters).
  • The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
  • The longest place name in Spain is Colinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano de Castilla y León, in the province of León (50 characters).
  • The longest place name in Finland is Semmonen niemi, jossa käärme koiraa pisti, in the municipality of Perho (36 characters, including a comma). The English translation is That cape where a snake bit the dog.
  • The longest municipality name in the Czech Republic is the name of Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě (33 characters, English translation: "New Village in near of New Town in Moravia).
  • The longest single place name in Germany is Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar in Schleswig-Holstein (32 characters). In the standard official naming scheme, however, villages are disambiguated by prefixing them with the name of the municipality they are part of. The longest official place name is therefore Michelbach an der Bilz-Gschlachtenbretzingen (40 characters).
  • The longest place names in Italy are Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, with 30 letters, or it is Cortaccia sulla Strada del Vino - Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße considering the official name both in Italian and German.
  • The longest place name in Israel[3] is כעביה-טבאש-חג'אג'רה (21 letters and 2 hyphens), a local council. it is named for the three Bedouin tribes who live there, Ka'abiyye, Tabbash and Hajajre.
  • The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including spaces).
  • The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk (28 characters, including a hyphen). The longest street name is Laan van de landinrichtingscommissie Duiven-Westervoort in Duiven.[37][38][39]
  • The longest place name in Indonesia is the Sitaro Islands Regency, Kabupaten Kepulauan Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands), with 32 characters (including spaces). This is followed by Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency, with 26 characters and 23 letters.
  • The longest place name in Malaysia is Kampung Simpang Tiga Durian Chondong, with 36 characters (including spaces).
  • The municipality with the longest name in Brazil is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, with 32 characters (including spaces).
  • The municipality with the longest name in Mexico is Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional (49 characters).[40]
  • The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec (28 letters).
  • The longest city name in Argentina is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (30 letters).
  • Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
  • Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri (22 letters) has the longest name of any incorporated place in the United States.
  • The longest name of a settlement in Russia with spaces (not counting official names of municipalities) is (in ISO 9) "posyolok Central'noj usad'by` sovkhoza imeni 40-letiya Velikogo Oktyabrya" (Russian: посёлок Центральной усадьбы совхоза имени 40-летия Великого Октября, 50 letters (if not counting the word posyolok/посёлок, which is a generic name for a settlement), and 2 digits, which would give another 6 letters). The English translation is a settlement of The Central Farmstead of the Sovkhoz named after the 40-years Anniversary of the Great October.
  • The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Belgium is Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies (27 letters).
  • The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Russia is Kremenchug-Konstantinovskoye (Кременчуг-Константиновское, 25 letters). The English translation is (new) Kremenchug named after Konstantin (a first settler).
  • Putevaya Usadba 9 km zheleznoy dorogi Luostari–Nikel (Russian: Путевая Усадьба 9 км железной дороги Луостари–Никель) is a rural locality in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located within the Arctic Circle. In English, the name translates to Track Homestead 9 km of Luostari-Nikel railway
  • The longest name of a settlement in Croatia is Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko (25 letters). The English translation is Upper cold field near Mrežnica.
  • The longest municipality name in the Philippines is General Salipada K. Pendatun (24 characters), named after the Mindanaoan general and senator of the same name.

See also

  • Longest words
    • Longest word in English
  • Wikipedia:Unusual place names#Long place names
  • List of longest placenames in Ireland
  • List of short place names

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