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Word: llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

Namely. In London, the Times warned the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch, Wales, that it had a close challenger: a correspondent had discovered a hilltop in New Zealand called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 13, 1948 | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...Miscellany. Correct spelling of Welsh town is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch. (Checker got confused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 10, 1945 | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...paper shortage must be acute for you to omit eight of the 58 letters (gyll, w and dro) from the big name of the little town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch* (TIME, Jan. 15). ... Llanfair P.G. [is the] usual form for postal authorities and people in a hurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 12, 1945 | 2/12/1945 | See Source »

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