List of long place names
This is a list of long place names.
Single-word names
80 letters or more
| Name | Size | Location | Language | Translation |
| Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä | 35 | Bog region in Lapland, Finland | Finnish | "The bog on which the storage hut standing on a single pillar and belonging to 'Paul', the son of 'Peter', the son of 'Andrew', stands/stood on". Notes: The longest official one-word place name in Finland, the third-longest in Europe and since 2020 the longest official place name in European Union. |
| Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik | 31 | Lake in Manitoba, Canada | Cree language | "Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks". Note: The longest official one-word placename in Canada. |
| Saganisoninmonzenzenkōjiyamachō | 31 | A district in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan | Japanese | The name for a district, it means "The mountain town in the Saga district before the gate of Nison-in Temple, associated with Zenkō-ji". In Japanese characters : さがにそんいんもんぜんぜんこうじやまちょう. In Chinese characters : 嵯峨二尊院門前善光寺山町. |
| Nondraisilisilinayalewatonga | 28 | A stream in Viti Levu, Fiji | Fijian | |
| Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau | 28 | Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea | Korean | Hangul: 안돌이지돌이다래미한숨바우 "A road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough." |
| Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta | 28 | Village in Andhra Pradesh, India | Telugu | Telugu: వెంకటనరసింహరాజువారిపేట "Venkatanarasimharaju's city". Note: The longest one-word placename in India. |
| Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte | 27 | Farm in the Upper Karoo in South Africa | Afrikaans | "Upper end of throat-cut valley". |
| Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya | 26 | A hill in South Australia, Australia | Pitjantjatjara | "Where the devil urinates". Note: The longest official one-word placename in Australia. |
| Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan | 26 | on the isle of Mull, Scotland | Scots Gaelic | "Ridge of the house of the son of Gille Chatain". |
| Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich | 26 | A hamlet outside the village of Schmedeswurth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | German | "West levee of the smith's hill-village". |
| Wereldtentoonstellingslaan | 26 | Avenue in Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium | Dutch | "World Fair Avenue" Named after Brussels World Fair of 1958. |
| Haaldersbroekerdwarsstraat | 26 | Street in Zaandam, Netherlands | Dutch | "Cross street in Haalderbroek". |
| Bullaunancheathrairaluinn | 25 | Bullaun in County Galway, Ireland | Anglicisation of Irish | Irish: Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn. "Bullaun of the Four Beauties". Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived placename in Ireland. |
| Noordhollandschkanaaldijk | 25 | Dike in Amsterdam, Netherlands | Dutch | "North Holland canal dike". |
| Blindeliedengasthuissteeg | 25 | Alley in Dordrecht, Netherlands | Dutch | "Blind craftsmen guesthouse alley". |
| Reijmerstokkerdorpsstraat | 25 | Street in Reijmerstok, Netherlands | Dutch | "Reijmerstok town road". |
| Gasselterboerveenschemond | 25 | Hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands | Dutch | "Delta of Gasselt's farmer's bog". Note: The longest official one-word place name in the Netherlands. |
20–24 letters
14–19 letters
Names with spaces or hyphens, by continent and country
Asia
- : Dr. Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy Andhra Cricket Association–Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium, longest place name in India.
- : The longest place name in Indonesia is the Sitaro Islands Regency, Kabupaten Kepulauan Siau Tagulandang Biaro, with 32 characters. This is followed by Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency, with 26 characters and 23 letters.
- : The longest place name in Israel is כעביה-טבאש-חג'אג'רה, a local council. it is named for the three Bedouin tribes who live there, Ka'abiyye, Tabbash and Hajajre.
- : The longest place name in Malaysia is Kampung Simpang Tiga Durian Chondong, with 36 characters.
- : The longest municipality name in the Philippines is General Salipada K. Pendatun, named after the Mindanaoan general and senator of the same name.
- : Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- * Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit Full name of Bangkok, Thailand
- * Some long Thai place names containing at least 20 letters are:
- ** Bang Pakong Phrom Thep Rangsan subdistrict municipality, Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao province
- ** Nikhom Sang Ton-eng Lam Dom Noi subdistrict, Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani province
- ** Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
- ** Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province
- ** Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok
- ** Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Tok subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
- ** Khlong Nakhon Nueang Khet subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province
- ** Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima district, Nakhon Ratchasima province
- ** Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Ok subdistrict, Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
- ** Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen subdistrict, Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok
- ** Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, district, and city municipality
- ** Mueang Ubon Ratchathani district, Ubon Ratchathani province
- ** Khlong Udom Chonlachon subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao district, Chachoengsao province
- ** Mueang Samut Songkhram district, Samut Songkhram province
- ** Thung Kratat Phatthana subdistrict, Nong Ki district, Buriram province
North America
- * Local service district of Lethbridge, Morley's Siding, Brooklyn, Charleston, Jamestown, Portland, Winter Brook and Sweet Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
- * United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, usually shortened to Dysart, et al., Ontario
- * The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec.
- * The municipality with the longest name in Mexico is Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional.
- * Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- * State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- * Some long U.S. place names appearing in the Geographic Names Information System are:
- ** Winchester-on-the-Severn, Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas
- ** Rancho Santa Margarita, California
- ** Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
- ** Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
- ** Little Harbor on the Hillsboro, Florida
- ** Pops Hammock Seminole Village, Florida
- ** Friendly Village of Crooked Creek, Georgia
- ** Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
- ** Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
- ** The Village of Lakewood, Illinois
- ** Little Diamond Island Landing, Maine
- ** Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
- ** Orchard Point at Piney Orchard, Maryland
- ** Point Field Landing on the Severn, Maryland
- ** Riverside Village of Church Creek, Maryland
- ** Monmouth Heights at Manalapan, New Jersey
- ** Staffordville Public Landing, New Jersey
- ** Holly View Forest-Highland Park, North Carolina
- ** The Village of Indian Hill, Ohio
- ** Washington Court House, Ohio
- ** Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, Pennsylvania
- ** The Landing at Plantation Point, South Carolina
- ** Kinney and Gourlays Improved City Plat, Utah
- ** Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah
- ** Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
- ** South Chicago Heights, Illinois
- ** Grand View-on-Hudson, New York
- ** Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina
- * The original name of Los Angeles, California, in 1781, was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula"; in English this means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River".
- * The full, legal name of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is "La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís". The full name is in both the seal and the flag of the city.
- * Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
- * Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri has the longest name of any incorporated place in the United States.
South America
- * Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre, Buenos Aires
- * The longest city name in Argentina is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca.
- : The municipality with the longest name in Brazil is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, with 32 characters.
- : Muy Fiel y Reconquistadora Ciudad de San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo
- : Santiago de León de Caracas
Europe
- : The longest place name in Austria is Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding and Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya.
- : The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Belgium is Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies.
- : The longest name of a settlement in Croatia is Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko. The English translation is Upper cold field near Mrežnica.
- : The longest municipality name in the Czech Republic is the name of Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě.
- : The longest place name in Finland is Semmonen niemi, jossa käärme koiraa pisti, in the municipality of Perho. The English translation is That cape where a snake bit the dog.
- * The longest names for communes in France are Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Marne, Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Calvados, and Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur, Haute-Saône.
- * The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
- : The longest single place name in Germany is Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar in Schleswig-Holstein. In the standard official naming scheme, however, villages are disambiguated by prefixing them with the name of the municipality they are part of. The longest official place name is therefore Michelbach an der Bilz-Gschlachtenbretzingen.
- : The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy"
- : The longest place names in Italy are Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, with 30 letters, or it is Cortaccia sulla Strada del Vino - Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße considering the official name both in Italian and German.
- : The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters.
- : The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk. The longest street name is Laan van de landinrichtingscommissie Duiven-Westervoort in Duiven.
- * The longest name of a settlement in Russia with spaces is "posyolok Central'noj usad'by` sovkhoza imeni 40-letiya Velikogo Oktyabrya". The English translation is a settlement of The Central Farmstead of the Sovkhoz named after the 40-years Anniversary of the Great October.
- * The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Russia is Kremenchug-Konstantinovskoye. The English translation is Kremenchug named after Konstantin .
- * Putevaya Usadba 9 km zheleznoy dorogi Luostari–Nikel is a rural locality in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located within the Arctic Circle. In English, the name translates to Track Homestead 9 km of Luostari-Nikel railway
- : The longest place name in Spain is Colinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano, in the province of León.
- : The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- * Longest names for Great Britain localities and NI include:
- ** England:
- *** North Leverton with Habblesthorpe
- *** Sulhamstead Bannister Upper End
- *** The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire.
- ** Scotland:
- *** Ceann a Tuath Loch Baghasdail
- *** Eastertown of Auchleuchries
- ** Wales:
- *** Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau
- *** Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
- ** Northern Ireland
- *** Victoria Bridge