# What's the longest placename you've visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808 "2011-11-04T02:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/1 "2011-11-04T02:08:37Z")
Pretty much as the thread title says, what’s the place with the longest placename that you’ve ever visited? I’ve been to [Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu), an otherwise unremarkable hill in Southern Hawke’s Bay. I’ve also been to Bangkok (if it’s long form name counts). ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/2 "2011-11-04T02:24:44Z")
It is indeed hard to beat Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula is up there, even though I don’t think it is the real name any more. I’m having a hard time thinking of any other notable contenders. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/3 "2011-11-04T02:28:52Z")
I’ve been to [Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/4 "2011-11-04T02:31:09Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Pretty much as the thread title says, what’s the place with the longest placename that you’ve ever visited? > > I’ve been to [Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu), an otherwise unremarkable hill in Southern Hawke’s Bay. I’ve also been to Bangkok (if it’s long form name counts). And you expect to win with that paltry entry? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/5 "2011-11-04T02:32:38Z")
Only [Newtownmountkennedy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtownmountkennedy), not very exciting but had the proposal to change it to Newtownmountjohnfitzgeraldkennedy we might be in the look in. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/6 "2011-11-04T02:42:25Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’ve been to [Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll). Cool, have you been to it’s twin town [Y](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y,_Somme)? > [@Leaffan](#): > > And you expect to win with that paltry entry? :dubious: Here’s hoping… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/7 "2011-11-04T02:56:32Z")
Are you kidding? I’ve never even been to Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, and that’s local. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/8 "2011-11-04T02:59:07Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > I’ve been to [Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu), an otherwise unremarkable hill in Southern Hawke’s Bay. I’ve also been to Bangkok (if it’s long form name counts). They’d be my two picks as well. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/9 "2011-11-04T03:57:35Z")
I live in the aforementioned Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. Or Bangkok to you. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/10 "2011-11-04T04:12:10Z")
Best I can do is “A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I got a GAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL . . . in Kalamazoo-zoo-zoo-zoo-zoo-zoooooooooooo . . .” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/11 "2011-11-04T04:22:30Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’ve been to [Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll). I’ve even played guitar in the pub there. My friend’s sister lives in the village. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/12 "2011-11-04T11:59:28Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’ve been to [Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll). I have also been there–primarily to take photos of the signs at the train station and gift shop. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/13 "2011-11-04T12:37:58Z")
I have passed through sleeping on board a night bus. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/14 "2011-11-04T12:52:53Z")
I went to a wedding in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (actually in the church that the name refers to). ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/15 "2011-11-04T13:22:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Are you kidding? I’ve never even been to Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, and that’s local. I’ve been. Husband grew up there. Not IN it, but on the shore. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/16 "2011-11-04T14:38:56Z")
Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/17 "2011-11-04T16:37:39Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > I have also been there–primarily to take photos of the signs at the train station and gift shop. I think that’s the only reason 99% of people go there. But has anyone met the boy from Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/18 "2011-11-05T18:32:57Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I’ve been. Husband grew up there. Not IN it, but on the shore. I’ve driven past it about 15 times this week. I’ve never actually stopped and looked at it though. ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/19 "2011-11-05T19:44:33Z")
Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump, Alberta is my personal favorite. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808/20 "2011-11-06T17:53:53Z")
Maybe not the longest name, but perhaps at the end of the alphabet - you will spot this place on the way from LA to Las Vegas: [Zzyzx, California](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,California) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-placename-youve-visited/601808.md?page=2)