Well in the New Zealand case my understanding is that the name comes from and action within Maori mythology therefore it is more a description with the spaces between words removed rather than a singlw word with a meaning.

Originally Posted by Xion

And finally the daddy of all names..

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniw esmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavi sanukamprasit
... means city of angels
in Thailand which is a whopping 163 characters long ,However whilst
the New Zealand place name is recognised by the Guiness Book of Record, the Thailand name is not.

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniw esmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavi sanukamprasit = Los Angeles ?

the New Zealand place name is recognised by the Guiness Book of Record, the Thailand name is not

probably because the thai alphabet uses less characters than the welsh language, the name here is phonetic, so i guess it doesn't count

Originally Posted by behemoth79

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniw esmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavi sanukamprasit = Los Angeles ?

That is so a reason to move to Los Angeles so that you can write that sucker in the city blank.

Only primitive people use long words to describe such short and simple ideas

j/k

Only primitive people use long words to describe such short and simple ideas

How antidisestablishmentarianistic of you.