Etymology

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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  1. Welsh · borrowed fromLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
  2. English todayLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Borrowed from Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.