What is the English translation of the Welsh town Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

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What is the English translation of the Welsh town Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

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Last updated May 28 2021.

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star_gazer

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch The longest town name in the world means "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".

https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/09/how-to-pronounce-the-longest-place-name-in-the-u-k

This is the correct pronounciation :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSotifsGKA

Response last updated by gtho4 on May 28 2021.
Sep 12 2007, 2:01 PM

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Answer 1

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Lord_Digby

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Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Sep 12 2007, 1:59 PM

Answer 2

"Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave."

see here for detailed breakdown of each subset of the word:

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/say.php

Answer 3

The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".

The Welsh town actually exists and the locals just call it Llanfair. It's also the single longest domain name without hyphens.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120320-worldwide-weird-the-uks-longest-named-village

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purcy

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Llanfair PG
The name in Welsh is for "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the White Hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfair_PG

Feb 03 2008, 4:02 PM

Answer 5

Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG are what it's usually called. The full name is a fake for tourist purposes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A403642

Llanfair P.G. is also the name of a Russian indie band.

http://indiemusicpeople.com/artist.aspx?ID=16254

[One defunct link removed and another updated on November 30, 2016 by shuehorn]