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  Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
It has also been spelled as: Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, which is 92 letters, and has been entered into the Guinness Book of Records as such.
The shorter form of the name was used in a song written and performed by Kiwi musician Peter Cape (1926-1979).
Claim the name is spelt Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu or Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (http://www.plattbridger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/words.htm)
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/te/Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu.html   (344 words)

  
 92 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Analogous to the number 45 in reference to the protests of John Wilkes against British corruption.
The Guinness record of the longest placename, Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, has 92 characters.
The ISBN Group Identifier for books published by international publishers such as UNESCO.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/92_(number)   (362 words)

  
 Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has also been spelt Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, 92 letters, and has been entered into the Guinness Book of Records as such.
Words Etc- says the name is spelt Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu or Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
An Independent Traveller's Trip Diary with photo of placename sign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu   (333 words)

  
 Longest Name Of People, Animal And Movie - Longest Place Names - Longest Scientific Word
It translated to ‘The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave.’
The hill near Porangahau in New Zealand is known as ‘Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu’.
It translates to ‘The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as the land-eater, played his flute for his loved one.’
www.thefoolsday.com /longest-names.html   (318 words)

  
 The World's Longest Place Name
Hawkes Bay Tourism's Internet site says that Porangahau in New Zealand's South Island, "boasts the longest place name in the world:
Tetaumata­whakatangihanga­koaua­o­tamatea­urehaeaturipuka­pihimaunga­horo­nuku­pokaiwhenuaa­kitana­rahu, officially entered in the Guinness Book of Records." That stretches the name to 92 letters.
It says the name means "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as land eater, played his flute to his loved one."
www.fun-with-words.com /longest_place_names.html   (1065 words)

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