10.Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya(26 letters)
Location: a hill in South Australia, Australia
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Translation: “Where the devil urinates”
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Australia
9.Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte(27 letters)
Location: a farm in the Upper Karoo in South Africa
Language: Afrikaans
Translation: “Upper end of throat-cut valley” (“hollow” may be better than “valley”)
8.Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta(28 letters)
Location: a village in Andhra Pradesh, India
Language: Telugu
Translation: “Venkatanarasimharaju’s city”
Notes: The longest one-word placename in India.
7.Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik(31 letters)
Location: a lake in Manitoba, Canada
Language: Cree
Translation: “where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks”
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Canada.
6.Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä(35 letters)
Location: Lapland, Finland
Language: Finnish (northern dialect)
Translation: Unknown etymology, probably gibberish (see entry for more)
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Finland, and the second longest in Europe.
5.Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea(39 letters)
Location: Azpilkueta, Navarra, Spain.
Language: Basque
Translation: The low field of high pen of Azpilkueta
4.Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein(44 letters)
Location: a farm in the North West province of South Africa
Language: Afrikaans
Translation: “The spring (lit. ‘fountain’) where two buffaloes were cleanly killed with a single shot” (or perhaps “shot stone dead”)
Notes: The longest one-word placename in Africa.
3.Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg(45 letters)
Short-forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug (17 letters)
Location: a lake in Webster, Massachusetts, United States
Language: Nipmuc
Translation: “Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds”
Notes: Believed to be the longest official one-word placename in the United States.
2.Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch(58 letters)
Short-forms: Llanfair PG (10 letters), Llanfairpwll (12 letters) or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (20 letters)
Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Language: Welsh
Translation: “Saint Mary’s Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave”
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Europe.
1.Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu(85 letters)
Short-forms: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters), Taumata (7 letters)
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Language: Māori
Translation: “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”
Notes: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official placename in the world.