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What is the longest place name in Wales and where is this village?
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∙ 14y ago
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
or in english
St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agollanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob wllllantysiliogogogoch (withour the space); which translates as : "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" It's on the North Wales island of Anglesey
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