The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Means: inhalation of silica particles from a volcano.
Longest most commonly used word: Antidisestablishmentarianism
The longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
(a hill in New Zealand)
The longest name place in Canada:
Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde
located in Ontario
The longest place name in the United States:
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
(a lake in Massachussetts)
The longest word in Spanish language:
superextraordinarísimamente OR
electroencefalografistas
The longest word in German language:
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft (ship name) OR
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
The longest word in Greek Language:
λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων.
Volcano that erupted in Iceland: Eyjafjallajokul (prize will be given for the first person that can pronounce this right)
These are all useless fact. But it's cool looking that up.
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