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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