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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
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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Great name and interesting about the circumcised flute player with grazed knees.
I wonder if anyone in MR is from
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiu rehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan atahu (haven't seen it in any profiles).