| The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, variously spelled with between 54 and 58 letters, is credited with possessing the longest place name in Great Britain, and one of the longest in the world. Often shortened to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, the name translates roughly as "Saint Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool by the red cave of Saint Tysilio." The village, in the southeastern part of the island of Anglesey, is heavily Welsh-speaking. Most of the village's signs are written in Welsh and English, as is the case in much of Wales. |
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