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Thread #46571   Message #692461
Posted By: artbrooks
17-Apr-02 - 07:49 PM
Thread Name: Eternal Questions
Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
Well, I'd like to know if the Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyll gogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch, which means "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" is the longest place name in the world, or is it New Zealand's Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamate aurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, meaning The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as land eater, played his flute to his loved one? And who cares?