Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Pronunciation (IPA)[ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ] (North Wales)[ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɪn.ɡɪɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɪrnˌdrɔ.bʊɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ] (South Wales)
English name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll · Isle of Anglesey
Also written Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
“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”
The long form was coined in the 1860s for promotional purposes.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 2531) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q322 (CC0)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Standard Welsh forms from the Welsh Language Commissioner. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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