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English
wikipedia|Llanfair PG

Etymology
Cy. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. A village in Anglesey in North Wales, which has the longest place name in the UK

Abbreviations
Llanfair PG
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
Llanfairpwll

Welsh
wikipedia|Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll|lang=cy

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ɬan.vair.puɬ�ɡwɪ�n.ɡɪ�ɬ.ɡo�ɡer�����wɪ�rn�dro.buɬ�ɬan.t��sil.j��ɡo.ɡo�ɡo��/

Etymology
llan (parish, church) + Mair ((saint) Mary) + pwll (pool) + gwyn (white) + cyll (hazel) + go ger (near about) + y (the) + chwyrn (fierce) + trobwll (whirlpool) (from troi (to turn) + pwll) + llan + Tysilio ((saint) Tysilio')' + -g- (Welsh consonantal infix) + ogo (dialectal form of ogof cave) + coch (red'') = �Saint Mary�s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave�.

Proper noun
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

1. A village in Anglesey in North Wales, which has the longest place name in the UK.

Mutation

{| class = "wikitable"
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! colspan = "2" | w:Welsh morphology|Welsh mutation
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! radical !! soft mutation|soft
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| Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch || Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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! nasal mutation|nasal !! aspirate mutation|aspirate
|-

unchanged

|}

Abbreviations
Llanfair PG
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
Llanfairpwll

External links
Village website

Category:Welsh proper nouns

ru:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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