Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales, Britain. It is in the Guiness Book of Records for being the place with the longest name in Britain.

The name means "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" in Welsh. It was invented in the 1860s by a local tailor to make the village famous for having the railway station with the longest name.

English speakers saying "Clan-vire-poolth-guin-gilth-go-ger-u-queern-drob-oolth-clandus-ilio-gogo-goch" will sound close to how it is meant to sound.

A building in the village
A building in the village

A recording of a person saying the name properly can be heard by listening to this sound file on the village website.

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