The Longest....

Thought I would like to share some knowledge I gained today... not the ones I learned in lectures though because they would either bore you or disgust you or worse, create a paranoia in you... but rather a pretty interesting fact (at least I think so...)

So... for the delight of my readers... i present to you....

(*drum roll*)

List of the longest word/name in the history of mankind!

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest name of a city in the world belongs to non other than the real name of Bangkok or in a shorter Thai version "Krung Thep"... yes... you read it right... Bangkok has actually the longest city name in history and here's the prove:

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

which translates into

The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn

Seems like the name itself is a history on its own

The next on the list is the longest name of a disease I've found which is also the longest technical word in dictionaries... and the award goes to:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

You can pretty much know about the disease from the name itself... and if you guessed right... it's actually a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust... talk about the great mystery of the medic world...

The next one is nothing compared to the other names you've read above but it's the most pure of all. It's considered the longest word in the English language that is not coined or has technical meaning... and it's non other than:

Antidisestablishmentarianism

It's meaning? Well, it's a 19th century British political position that opposed the status of Church of England as the state church of Ireland and Wales. Imagine how big the door sign was like.

Next two are my favorites...

The longest name of a place in the US... and it's a lake in Webster, Massachusetts... here's the name:

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

It translates into "Fishing Place at the Boundaries... Neutral Meeting Grounds". And since the name is to long to pronounce... it is more known to locals as the Webster Lake.

The last one is the name of a mountain in New Zealand which tells a story of its own:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

which means...

"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."

So there you have it... some of the longest names and words in the world and mine you there's more! A lot more actually. And to top it off... I'm going to blow your mind with the name so long, I can't really post it in my blog because it has the whopping 189,819 letters and you can find the word here

http://othyr.com/titin.html

Hope this will make your day and helps you wow the crowd that need "wowing"

Out for now

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