Have anyone visited Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

[blacksails]

So, I recently heard about the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, and because of its name it would be interesting to visit it on a trip to UK which I'm thinking of doing.
Have anyone of you visited it and is it worth visiting at all (except getting to say I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch)?

[pseudonymdude]

I wasn't sure if you were making that up until I Googled it.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

[rohnearner]

I wasn't sure if you were making that up until I Googled it.

same here..! the first thing i did after reading OP is selected the text rigt clicked and clicked on " Search google for Llanf....." and i was surprised when it turned out to be a real place..!

[blacksails]

Here's how to pronounce it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXKsQ2nbno

[Dogtanian]

No, but I've been to Merthyr Tydfil.

[blacksails]

No, but I've been to Merthyr Tydfil.

They have funny names on their cities, the welsh!

[Reuben]

Why would they even use a name this long?

[sana8410]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

[sana8410]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

If i may ask what language is it..?

Welsh language -spoken throughout Wales, in English border towns, and in the Chubut province of Argentina
http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/about_wales/language/language.aspx

[rohnearner]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

If i may ask what language is it..?

Welsh language -spoken throughout Wales, in English border towns, and in the Chubut province of Argentina
http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/about_wales/language/language.aspx

really quite fascinating..! I thought it was just random name but now after knowing that it has some meaning behind it makes more sense. 

[notbatman]

[Reuben]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

Couldve just called it st marys church.

[sana8410]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

If i may ask what language is it..?

Welsh language -spoken throughout Wales, in English border towns, and in the Chubut province of Argentina
http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/about_wales/language/language.aspx

really quite fascinating..! I thought it was just random name but now after knowing that it has some meaning behind it makes more sense. 

We have the village with the longest name we should find the town/village with the shortest name .

[Whitehouse]

Why would they even use a name this long?

Exactly!It is so confusing and hard to pronounce it ,i think that who ever name that village was crazy.It seams that the name has a meaning :
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch name means "Saint Mary's Church (Llanfair) in the clearing (pwll) white hazel (gwyngyll) next (goger) fast stream (y chwyrndrobwll) and St. Tysilio (llantysilio) red cave (gogogoch)."

Couldve just called it st marys church.

Or St Mary's Church in the Clearing  .

[rohnearner]

or maybe neither of the two. and really a real place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Maps

[platorin]

Well, it's a town in Ireland or Wells if I am not mistaken. Never been there tho.

[jc2alvarez]

It looks like the "word" my 3-year old nephew formed by haphazardly adding random letter tiles. LOL

How do you even pronounce it?!?  

[noviapriani]

So, I recently heard about the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, and because of its name it would be interesting to visit it on a trip to UK which I'm thinking of doing.
Have anyone of you visited it and is it worth visiting at all (except getting to say I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch)?

yeah it's in North-western Wales. The locals don't really use the full name there are shorter versions. It translates into English as: St. Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave. It's not a traditional name just a "publicity stunt"

[blacksails]

We have the village with the longest name we should find the town/village with the shortest name .

There are a few that are longer:
Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu, New Zeeland. It currently has the world record in longest one word name.
It translates: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.

Then of course we have:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit, Thailand. It's also know as Bangkok!
Translation:
City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest.