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Originally Posted by Javed
There is a place in Alaska and also in France with a one letter (and unabbreviated) name: "Y." Also a village called "Å" in Norway.
Also plenty of unabbreviated two letter place names here. |
I like the longer names better:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiu rehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan atahu (105 letters), a hill, has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name in the world. It is shortened as "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuaki tanatahu" (57 letters) in the New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. The name is translated into English as "The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea — who was blown hither from afar, had a circumcised penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land — to his beloved."
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Originally Posted by columbus
For my 2cents worth it would be helpful if everybody could at least specify what country they are in - and maybe their nationality, if not the same.
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It would depend... if you ask for help buying something, yes. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. I find it fun trying to find out where people come from. (and in my case, I probably would have to enter some GPS code there, as even people who live 8km away generally don't know my village
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