List of long place names

This is a list of long place names .

Single-word names

25 letters or more

Location	Language	Translation
Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu (85 letters); Short form: Taumata
Hill in North Island, New Zealand	Māori	"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 Kingdom	Welsh	"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 States	Nipmuc	"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 Africa	Afrikaans	"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]

Name	No.	Location	Language	Translation
Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea	39	Place in Azpilkueta, Navarra, Spain	Basque	“The low field of a high pen of Azpilkueta”. Notes: The longest official one-word place name in Spain and the second-longest in Europe.
Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä	35	Bog region in Lapland, Finland	Finnish (northern dialect)	Unknown etymology, probably gibberish (see entry for more). 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).
Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik	31	Lake in Manitoba, Canada	Cree	"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
Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau	28	Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea	Korean	Hangul: 안돌이지돌이다래미한숨바우 "A road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough." [9]
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta	28	Village in Andhra Pradesh, India	Telugu	Telugu: వెంకటనరసింహరాజువారిపేట "Venkatanarasimharaju's city". Note: The longest one-word placename in India.
Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte	27	Farm in the Upper Karoo in South Africa	Afrikaans	"Upper end of throat-cut valley" ("hollow" may be more accurate than "valley").
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya	26	A hill in South Australia, Australia	Pitjantjatjara	"Where the devil urinates". Note: The longest official one-word placename in Australia. [10]
Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich	26	A hamlet outside the village of Schmedeswurth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	German	"West levee of the smith's hill-village".
Wereldtentoonstellingslaan	26	Avenue in Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium	Dutch	"World Fair Avenue" Named after Brussels World Fair of 1958.
Haaldersbroekerdwarsstraat	26	Street in Zaandam, Netherlands	Dutch	"Cross street in Haalderbroek". [11]
Bullaunancheathrairaluinn	25	Bullaun in County Galway, Ireland	Anglicisation of Irish	Irish: Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn. [12] "Bullaun of the Four Beauties". Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived placename in Ireland. [12]
Noordhollandschkanaaldijk	25	Dike in Amsterdam, Netherlands	Dutch	"North Holland canal dike". [11]
Blindeliedengasthuissteeg	25	Alley in Dordrecht, Netherlands	Dutch	"Blind craftsmen guesthouse alley". [11]
Reijmerstokkerdorpsstraat	25	Street in Reijmerstok, Netherlands	Dutch	"Reijmerstok town road". [11]
Gasselterboerveenschemond	25	Hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands	Dutch	"Delta of Gasselt's (surname) farmer's bog". Note: The longest official one-word place name in the Netherlands.

20–24 letters

Name	No.	Location	Language	Translation
Gasselternijveenschemond	24	Hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands	Dutch	"Delta of Gasselt's (surname) new bog".
Nederokkerzeelsesteenweg	24	Street in Kortenberg municipality, Belgium	Dutch	”Nederokkerzeel stone road”.
Schuiferskapelsesteenweg	24	Street in Tielt municipality, Belgium	Dutch	”Schuiferskapelle stone road”.
Nyugatifelsőszombatfalva	24	Part of the village of Sâmbăta de Sus in Brașov county, Romania	Hungarian	"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). [13]
Staronizhestebliyevskaya	24	Stanitsa in Krasnodar Krai, Russia	Russian	"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
Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo	24	Village in Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Russian	The 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. [14]
Onafhankelijkheidsplein [15] [16]	23	Central square in Paramaribo, Suriname	Dutch	"Independence Square".
Kvernbergsundsødegården [17]	23	Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway	Norwegian	"The Deserted Farm of The Mill Mountain Strait".
Narasimhanaickenpalayam	23	Village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India	Tamil	Named after Lord Narsimha (Lord Vishnu); a temple is in Narasimhanaickenpalayam.
Gotthelffriedrichsgrund  [ de ]	23	Mittelsachsen, Germany	German	Translation: "Gotthelf Friedrich's ground". [18]
Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo	23	Village in Matveyevsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia	Russian	"The lower new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name)" In Cyrillic alphabet: Нижненовокутлумбетьево (22 letters and yers)
Nunathloogagamiutbingoi	23	Beach on the coast of Nunivak Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska	Nunivak Cup'ig.
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur	23	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	"Cool Edge's Shore's Municipality".
Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður	23	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	Seyðisfjörður municipality
Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður	23	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	Named after Þuríður[ clarification needed ], the affix means a municipality.
Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður	23	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	"Harbor fjord municipality".
Yamagawahamachiyogamizu	23	Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan	Japanese	"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).
Harinxmakanaalspoorbrug	23	Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Dutch	"Railway bridge over the Van Harinxmakanaal". [19]
Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi	22	Murmansk, Russia	Saami	Translation: "Lake by the mountain of the great white reindeer" or "Lake under wolf mountain". [20] In Cyrillic alphabet: Вильгискоддеоайвинъярви­ (24 letters).
Koopvaardersschutsluis	22	Lock in Den Helder, Netherlands	Dutch	"Merchant lock with gates". [21]
Westerkanaalschutsluis	22	Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Dutch	"Lock with gates over the Westerkanaal". [19]
Kuchistiniwamiskahikan	22	Island in Quebec, Canada	Cree	The island where boats entering the bay. [22] Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Quebec. [7]
Parangaricutirimicuaro	22	City in Michoacán, Mexico	Purépecha	The 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 [ citation needed ]	22	Bridge in County Tipperary, Ireland	Anglicisation of Irish	Droichidín Glaise na Tuaithe, "Little Bridge of the Tribe's Green".
Muckanaghederdauhaulia	22	Townland 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	22	Street in Gijzelbrechtegem, Anzegem municipality, Belgium	Dutch	Gijzelbrechtegem street.
Yamagawaokachiyogamizu	22	Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan	Japanese	"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"
Schoonslaapsterstraat	21	Street in Brussels, Belgium	Dutch	Sleeping Beauty Street French: rue de la Belle-au-Bois-Dormant
Gschlachtenbretzingen  [ de ]	21	Suburb of Michelbach an der Bilz, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Swabian 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). [18]
Saaranpaskantamasaari	21	Small uninhabited island in Lake Onkamojärvi in northeastern Finland	Finnish	"An island shat by Saara".
Naivutuvutunivakalolo [8]	21	A stream in Fiji	Fijian
Nemesboldogasszonyfa	20	Part of Alsópáhok, a village in Zala County, Hungary	Hungarian	"Village of the noble blessed virgin".
Eexterveenschekanaal	20	Village in Aa en Hunze municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands	Dutch	"Channel through the peat of Eext" or "Channel of Eexterveen".
Jászfelsőszentgyörgy	20	Village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary	Hungarian	"Upper St. George in Jászság".
Siemieniakowszczyzna	20	Village in Hajnówka County, Poland	Polish	"Ground of Siemieniak" (lit. "Siemieniakishness").
Tissvassklumptjønnin	20	Lierne, Trøndelag, Norway	Norwegian	"The Slow Freezing Water's Lump Ponds" ("Klump" here means "mountain").
Vanhankaupunginselkä	20	Finland	Finnish	"Old City Bay".
Mittelschaeffolsheim	20	Small village in Alsace, France	Alsatian	"In the middle of Schaeffol's hamlet".
Niederschaeffolsheim	20	Small village in Alsace, France	Alsatian	"Under Schaeffol's hamlet".
Oostrozebeeksestraat	20	Street between Hulste and Oostrozebeke, Belgium	Dutch	Oostrozebeke street
Tálknafjarðarhreppur	20	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	"Tálknafjörður's shire".
Schaffhauserrheinweg	20	Street in Basel, Switzerland	German.	"Schaffhauser Rhine road". [23]
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. [24]
Cottonshopeburnfoot	19	Hamlet in Northumberland, England	English	"The end of the Cottonshope Burn" (a tributary that flows into the River Rede).
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". [25]
Staromikhaylovskoye	19	Village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia	Russian
Hrunamannahreppur	19	Municipality in Iceland	Icelandic	Warm geyser municipality.
Johanngeorgenstadt	18	Mining town in Saxony, Germany	German	"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". [26]
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 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. World's largest protected area (2016)
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. [27] [ page needed ]
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.[ dubious – discuss ]
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
Skirsnemuniškiai	16	Village in Lithuania	Lithuania	Place related to Skirsnemunė village (which comes from the German castle name Christmemel)
Baltramiejiškiai	16	Village in Lithuania	Lithuania	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 [28]
Maggieknockater	15	Hamlet in Banffshire, Scotland	English/Gaelic	Magh an Fhùcadair, meaning "field of the fuller" or "plain of the hilly ridge"
Michilimackinac	15	Region in Michigan	Ojibwe
Newtownhamilton	15	Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland	English	Established by a Mr. Hamilton in the 1770s [29]
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 [30]
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

Names with spaces or hyphens, by country

• Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (176 letters) Full name of Bangkok, Thailand
  • in Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ (132 letters + 7 spaces)
• 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
  • Nikhom Sang Ton-eng Lam Dom Noi (25 letters, 1 hyphen, and 5 spaces) subdistrict, Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani province
  • Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat (23 letters and 3 spaces) district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
  • Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan (23 letters and 3 spaces) district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province
  • Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang (23 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok
  • Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Tok (22 letters and 4 spaces; lit. 'Western Pak Phanang') subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
  • Khlong Nakhon Nueang Khet (22 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province
  • Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima (22 letters and 2 spaces) district, Nakhon Ratchasima province
  • Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Ok (21 letters and 4 spaces; lit. 'Eastern Pak Phanang') subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
  • Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen (21 letters and 3 spaces) subdistrict, Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok
  • Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (21 letters and 3 spaces) province, district, and city municipality
  • Mueang Ubon Ratchathani (21 letters and 2 spaces) district, Ubon Ratchathani province
  • Khlong Udom Chonlachon (20 letters and 2 spaces) subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province
  • Mueang Samut Songkhram (20 letter and 2 spaces) district, Samut Songkhram province
  • Thung Kratat Phatthana (20 letters and 2 spaces) subdistrict, Nong Ki district, Buriram province
• Dr. Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy Andhra Cricket Association–Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium (96 letters), ^[31] 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) ^[32] and NI (using the OSNI Place Names dataset) ^[28] 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: ^[33]
  • 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". ^[34]
• 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. ^{[35] [36] [37]}
• 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). ^[38]
• 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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