The Longest Place name in the World is in NZ

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
85 Letters.
Translation: "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one"

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

That's very impressive. One of the longest in the US is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which I have been told means "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, nobody fishes in the middle." It is a small lake/pond in Webster, Massachusetts, not too far from Boston. I used to swim there when I was a child.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@windinhishair Plenty of G's in that one.
Could sound like a train slowly going up an incline.
Cha-gogagog, Chau-gongagong,

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Gusman It is native American--Algonquin to be precise--in origin.

Kids in Massachusetts particularly like to memorize it to tell it to their parents over...and over...and over....