English Explanatory Dictionary

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world.

Word forms

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Llanfair PG Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Related words

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