Let's go to the lake! Which lake you ask? Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts. Did I spell it right? Maybe not!
The longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahul (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand.
The 58-character name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the famous name of a town on Anglesey, an island of Wales. This town is referenced in a song by Stephen Sondheim, "The Boy From..." (a parody of "The Girl from Ipanema").
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That's a neat song! Never heard of it before.
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