Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the second longest name in the world. This word comes from New Zealand’s ethnic tribe of Maoris. This is a Maori word meaning “The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as ‘landeater’, played his flute to his loved one”. This is the 7th longest word in the English dictionary,with 85 letters.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the 2nd longest place name in the world with 126 characters after “krungthep mahanakhon udomrajniwes mahasatarn amorn pimarn avaltarnsatit sakatattiya visanukram prasit”. The latter word is another name for the Thai capital Bangkok.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu signboard photo link.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 am and is filed under Gossip.