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What is the longest toponym in the world?

The Presurfer, one of our favorite sifters of all things diversionary, has this tidbit of useless information for us today:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu is is the Maori placename on an otherwise unremarkable hill in New Zealand. It roughly translates into English as The brow of the hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, to travel the land, who is known as the Land Eater, played on his nose flute to his loved one.

At 85 letters, it is one of the longest placenames in the world.
According to the encyclopedia linked by The Presurfer, it is often shortened to Taumata by the locals for ease of conversation.

But this is only one of several diversions that might be interesting for Wordlab readers this holiday season. It was a toss-up whether or not it would be safe for work to re-link to this gift idea.
Posted by abnu on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 @ 8:03 AM [ + ]

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