This is a list of long place names.
Single-word names More than 40 letters LocationNo.LanguageTranslation (85 letters); Short form: TaumataThe 85 characters include 5 digraphs, so it consists of only 80 letters in the Māori language.Hill in North Island, New Zealand1 Māori "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his (flute) to his loved one".Note: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official place name in the world. (58 characters); Short forms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, LlanfairpwllgwyngyllThe 58 characters include 7 digraphs, so it consists of only 51 letters in the Welsh language.Village on the isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom2Welsh"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. (45 letters); Short forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug; Webster LakeLake in Webster, Massachusetts, United States3Nipmuc"Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds".Believed to be the longest official one-word place name in the United States. (44 letters)Farm in the North West province of South Africa4Afrikaans"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).
25–40 letters NameSizeLocationLanguageTranslationAzpilikuetagaraikosaroiarenberekolarrea39 Place in Azpilkueta, Navarre, SpainBasque language"The low meadow of the sheep pen in upper Azpilikueta".Notes: The longest on the European continent, although the official name of the town to which it belongs is known simply as Azpilikueta.Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä35 Bog 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 ).Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik31Lake in Manitoba, CanadaCree language"Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks".Note: The longest official one-word place name in Canada.Saganisoninmonzenzenkōjiyamachō 31A district in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, JapanJapaneseThe name for a district, it means "The mountain town in the Saga district before the gate of Nison-in Temple, associated with Zenkō-ji".In Japanese characters (hiragana): さがにそんいんもんぜんぜんこうじやまちょう (21 kana).In Chinese characters (kanji): 嵯峨二尊院門前善光寺山町 (12 kanji).Nondraisilisilinayalewatonga28A stream in Viti Levu, FijiFijianAndorijidoridaraemihansumbau28Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South KoreaKoreanHangul: 안돌이지돌이다래미한숨바우 (13 syllable blocks)"A road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough."Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta28Village in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaTeluguTelugu: వెంకటనరసింహరాజువారిపేట"Venkatanarasimharaju's city".Note: The longest one-word place name 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 place name in Australia. Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan26 on the isle of Mull, ScotlandScots Gaelic"Ridge of the house of the son of Gille Chatain". Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich26 A 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".Bullaunancheathrairaluinn25Bullaun in County Galway, IrelandAnglicisation of IrishIrish: Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn."Bullaun of the Four Beauties".Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived place name in Ireland.Noordhollandschkanaaldijk25Dike in Amsterdam, NetherlandsDutch"North Holland canal dike".Blindeliedengasthuissteeg25Alley in Dordrecht, NetherlandsDutch"Blind craftsmen guesthouse alley".Reijmerstokkerdorpsstraat25Street in Reijmerstok, NetherlandsDutch"Reijmerstok town road".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.LocationLanguageTranslationGasselternijveenschemond24Hamlet 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).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).Nggiringgirinatanggalulu24A stream in Viti Levu, FijiFijianVerkhnenovokutlumbetyevo24Village 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.Russia on the digital map / Yandex Onafhankelijkheidsplein23Central square in Paramaribo, SurinameDutch"Independence Square".Kvernbergsundsødegården 23 Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway Norwegian"The Deserted Farm of The Mill Mountain Strait".Narasimhanaickenpalayam23Village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaTamilNamed after Lord Narsimha (Lord Vishnu); a temple is in Narasimhanaickenpalayam.23Mittelsachsen, GermanyGerman"Gotthelf Friedrich's ground".Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo 23Village 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.Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur 23Municipality in IcelandIcelandic"Cool Edge's Shore's Municipality".Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður 23Municipality in IcelandIcelandicSeyðisfjörður municipalityBolungarvíkurkaupstaður23Municipality 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".Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi22Murmansk, RussiaSaamiTranslation: "Lake by the mountain of the great white reindeer" or "Lake under wolf mountain".In Cyrillic alphabet: Вильгискоддеоайвинъярви (24 letters).Koopvaardersschutsluis22Lock in Den Helder, NetherlandsDutch"Merchant lock with gates".Westerkanaalschutsluis22Leeuwarden, NetherlandsDutch"Lock with gates over the Westerkanaal".Kuchistiniwamiskahikan22Island in Quebec, CanadaCreeThe island where boats entering the bay.Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Quebec.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.Drehideenglashanatooha 22Bridge in County Tipperary, Ireland Anglicisation of Irish Droichidín Glaise na Tuaithe, "Little Bridge of the Tribe's Green".Muckanaghederdauhaulia22Townland in Kilcummin, County Galway, Ireland Anglicisation of Irish Muiceanach 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.Gijzelbrechtegemstraat 22Street in Gijzelbrechtegem, Anzegem municipality, BelgiumDutch"Gijzelbrechtegem 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).Schaufelbergerstrasse21Street in Zürich, SwitzerlandGerman"Shovel hill street"Schoonslaapsterstraat 21Street in Brussels, BelgiumDutch"Sleeping Beauty Street".French: rue de la Belle-au-Bois-Dormant21Suburb 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).Saaranpaskantamasaari21Small uninhabited island in Lake Onkamojärvi in northeastern FinlandFinnish"An island shat by Saara".Naivutuvutunivakalolo21A stream in FijiFijianNemesboldogasszonyfa20Part of Alsópáhok, a village in Zala County, Hungary Hungarian"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, Poland Polish"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, FranceGerman (Alsatian)"In the middle of Schaeffol's hamlet".Niederschaeffolsheim20Small village in Alsace, FranceGerman (Alsatian)"Under Schaeffol's hamlet".Oostrozebeeksestraat20Street between Hulste and Oostrozebeke, BelgiumDutch"Oostrozebeke street".Tálknafjarðarhreppur20Municipality in IcelandIcelandic"Tálknafjörður's shire".Schaffhauserrheinweg20Street in Basel, SwitzerlandGerman"Schaffhauser Rhine road".Nggaravandungundungu (Point)20Point in Kadavu Island, Fiji
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