Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This longer form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s.
Proper noun edit
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest settlement name in the world
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Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Composed of the following elements:
- llan (“parish, church”)
- Fair, soft mutation of Mair (“(saint) Mary”)
- pwll (“pool”)
- gwyn (“white”)
- gyll, soft mutation of cyll (“hazel”)
- go ger (“near about”)
- y (“the”)
- chwyrn (“fierce”)
- drobwll, soft mutation of trobwll (“whirlpool”) (from troi (“to turn”))
- llan (“parish, church”)
- Tysilio (“(saint) Tysilio”)
- -g- (Welsh consonantal infix)
- ogo (dialectal form of ogof (“cave”))
- goch, soft mutation of coch (“red”)
Full meaning: “Saint Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave”.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): [ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɪn.ɡɪɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɪrnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ]
Audio (North Wales) (file) Audio (South Wales) (file) - Hyphenation: Llan‧fair‧pwll‧gwyn‧gyll‧go‧ger‧y‧chwyrn‧dro‧bwll‧llan‧ty‧si‧lio‧go‧go‧goch
Proper noun edit
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, which has the longest place name in Europe
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Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch | Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |