llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
110
Scrabble Score
58
Letters
17
Syllables
18
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world.
Example Sentences
- "Some time ago, during a tour in Wales, I was much struck by the name of a little village in Anglesea. The village is insignificant enough, but it is surely as well described as the most ambitious place could desire. The name runs: "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.""
- ""Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in northern Wales was one the U.K.'s warmest locations on Tuesday at 21 C. […] Comments on a video clip of Dutton's deft delivery, posted to the Channel 4 News Facebook page, lend credence to his claim that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch may in fact be the U.K.'s hardest name to pronounce."
Etymology
Phrases
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
Frequently Paired Words
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis