Sun Dec 17, 2006
Welcome to another instalment of Toponym of The Day. Today’s toponym is the longest place name in the world:
Llandfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrudrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
This is the name of a town in North Wales. It translates as “The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio’s of the red cave” in Welsh (Source: Web of Linguistic Fun).