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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL

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PRONUNCIATION OF LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Coordinates: 53°13′N 4°12′W / 53.22°N 4.20°W / 53.22; -4.20 Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. It is alternatively known as Llanfairpwll, Llanfair PG, or Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch (pronounced ( listen)). At the 2001 census the population of the community was 3,040, 76% of whom speak Welsh fluently; the highest percentage of speakers is in the 10–14 age group, where 97.1% speak Welsh. It is the sixth largest settlement on the island by population. The long form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s; with 58 characters it is the longest place name in Europe and one of the longest place names in the world. Visitors stop at the railway station to be photographed next to the station sign, visit the nearby Visitors' Centre, or have 'passports' stamped at a local shop.

Definition of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in the English dictionary

The definition of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in the dictionary is a village in NW Wales, in SE Anglesey: reputed to be the longest place name in Great Britain when unabbreviated; means: St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of Llandysilio of the red cave Full name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL

Llandaf
Llandaff
Llandudno
Llanelli
Llanelly
llanero
Llanfair P. G.
Llanfairpwll
Llangollen
llano
Llano Estacado
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LLD
Lleida
Llewellyn
Llewelyn I
Llewelyn II
Lleyn Peninsula
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Lloyd

WORDS THAT END LIKE LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL

argyll
cataphyll
chlorophyll
cladophyll
ghyll
hypsophyll
idyll
Jekyll
megaphyll
megasporophyll
mesophyll
microphyll
microsporophyll
prophyll
sclerophyll
sporophyll
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL»

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Villages in Anglesey: Penmon, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Cemaes, ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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The Little Giant Book of Weird & Wacky Facts
... would see a strange sign. It is actually one long sign above the platform, and it has this on it: LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL-. GOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLL-. LLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH. It identifies the place in Welsh, and means: "St. Mary's.
Sterling Publishing Company, K. R. Hobbie, 2005
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Europe: A History
What the British Post Office calls Llanfair P. G. 'Jones the Station' called Llanfairpwllgwyngyll- gogerychwerndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Tourists are told that it stands for 'St Mary's in a hollow of white hazel near to a rapid whirlpool and to St ...
Norman Davies, 1996
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... Llanfairmathafarnncithaf Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfairynghornwy - Llanfairynneubwll - Llanfechell Llanifinan Llanfigail Llanfihangeldinsyluy Llannhongel-trer-beirdd Llanfihangelynwhowyn Llanfihangelysceifiog Llanfwrog Llangadwaladr ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1859
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St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation
Prior to the National Museum's excavations at Llanbedrgoch, isolated examples dating to the ninth and tenth centuries had been reported from Caerwent and Portskewett in Monmouthshire and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on the Isle of Anglesey, ...
J. Wyn Evans, Jonathan M. Wooding, 2007
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Wales: A Historical Companion
The islandalso has the longest official place name in the Britain, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. The roadfrom Llanfairpwllgwyngyll to Holyhead was originally a Roman road,and ...
Terry Breverton, 2012
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Twentieth Century Atlas of Microscopical Petrography ...
6|aucopbanc=8cbist. ~. 62>. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll,. Anglesey,. N. Wales. as. Key- Plate.-—Upper semicircle, x 55 diameters—G. Pale-lilac glaucophane. E. Epidote of a pale brownish-yellow hue. The centrally situated large crystal 2' shows a ...
Ernest Howard Adye, 1906
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Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the ...
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL. ANGLESEY. That. will. be. 4d. for. a. carriage. with. springs. Toll houses come in a variety of architectural idioms — castle style, thatched, Gothick — but it is usually easy to spot them. They stand next to the road; ...
Clive Aslet, 2011
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The Mirror of Parliament for the ... Session of the ... ...
... against the proposed scheme, — from Temple Newsam j Leeds ; Thorner ; Chapel Allerton ; Bolton by the Sands ; Deptford Southwick and Ballast Hills ; Llanfairpwllgwyngyll; Whitchurch (Hereford) ; Llandysiuo ; Chippenham ; Upton Bishop ...
John Henry Barrow, 1839
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Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory
At Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesea, by the Rev. David Gryffydd, Mr. Edward Jones, of Plas Brereton, near Caernarvon, to Miss Catherine Owens, formerly of Redwharf, Anglesea. The Rev. Henry Vaughan, eldest son of the Rev. C. Vaughan, to ...
‎1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL»

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As Lucy Worsley Celebrates Women's Institute's 100th Birthday, We …
The Women's Institute originally started in Canada in the 19th century, before it had its first British meeting in 1915, in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Home truths: five 'English' traditions that aren't from England
Even when, in 1915, the movement arrived in the UK, its first branch wasn't in England but in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesley, where it was set ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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The never ending team
"The town was called Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. The name was changed to the current one in the 1920s to attract tourists. The club did the same ... «MARCA.com, Jun 15»
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Travel deals: Chengdu rising, Ulan Bator's Shangri-La, and Vietnam …
Tongue-tied tourists In the late 19th century, residents of the small Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll decided they might attract more visitors ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
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Women's Institute at 100: as pleasingly bolshie as ever
A century after the first group of determined women gathered in a shed in the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on Anglesey, the organisation ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Watch Welsh MP Albert Owen Say …
It is, perhaps understandably, often referred to by its nicknames Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG. Translated into English the ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
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WI members set off for a party at the palace
It was inspired by an idea from Canada and was first founded in the Anglesey village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - Britain's longest place name. «Spalding Guardian, Jun 15»
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Duchess meets the Calendar Girls
It was inspired by an idea from Canada and was first founded in the Anglesey village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - famous for having Britain's ... «Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News, Jun 15»
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The Women's Institute: tender, tough and occasionally terrifying
Founded in 1915, in hard and hungry wartime, the first branch was at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, on Anglesey, and its aim was only to encourage ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Baton on UK tour to mark WI centenary carried on horseback
It started in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey – where the WI first began in the UK in 1915 – and will complete its journey at the Royal Albert Hall ... «Herts and Essex Observer, May 15»

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