1 | Krung
thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani
burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit
(Bangkok,
Thailand) (167
letters) |
2 | Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki-maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
(Maori
name of a hill in New Zealand. Translation: "The place where Tamatea, the
man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as Land-eater,
played on the flute to his loved one"
(85 letters) |
3 | Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollônpenrhynareur-draethceredigion
Gwynedd,
North Wales. Translation: "The Mawddach station and its dragon teeth at the
Northern Penrhyn Road on the golden beach of Cardigan Bay". (67
letters) |
4 | Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Gwynedd, North Wales. Translation: "St Mary's Church in the hollow of the
white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of the church of St. Tysilo near the Red
Cave".
(58 letters) |
5 | El
Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula Los
Angeles, California. Translation:
"The town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion".
(57
letters) |
6 | Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug A
lake near Webster, Massachusetts. Translation:
"You fish on your side. I'll fish on mine, and no one fishes in the middle".
(43
letters) |
=7 | Lower
North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi A
short river in New Brunswick, Canada (40
letters) |
=7 | Villa
Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asis Santa
Fe, New Mexico. Translation:
"Royal city of the holy faith of St. Francis of Assisi".
(40 letters) |
9 | Te
Whakatakanga-o-te-ngarehu-o-te-ahi-a-Tamatea
Mauri name of Hammer Springs, New Zealand. (38
letters) |
10 | Meallan
Liath Coire Mhic Dhubhghaill Aultanrynie,
Highlands, Scotland. (32
letters) |
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(Source: DK The Top 10 of Everything 2003. Russell Ash) August 31, 2005 |
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