The Growing Place Name Game

Haci Richard

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16 Letters: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Home of (among others):

Billie Burke, actress best known for playing the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz;
Henry Draper, astronomer and author, first to discover that oxygen is present in the sun; and
Thomas J. Preston, Jr., Princeton University professor of archeology, husband of Frances Cleveland, widow of President Grover Cleveland.

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Pirri

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17 letters: The Twelve Apostles - Australia

Limestone pillars in the in Port Campbell National Park, on the Great Ocean Road...Don't tell anyone but there are only 9 left.

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skobb

Extra Pages in Passport

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Location: Nassau, The Bahamas

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Kamyanets-Podilskiy - Ukraine

Unfortunately, I don't have the ability at work to upload an image so I'll have to link directly to it.

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a601mom

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Added on: August 15th, 2008

19 letters- Truth or Consequences, NM on the Rio Grande

"What happens in Central America, will happen, when it happens and if it happens"

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Haci Richard

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20 Letters: Bosnia and Herzegovina(at least in the English spelling)

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a601mom

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This is getting harder and harder
21 letters -Basilique Du Sacre Coeur

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itinerantlondoner

Holds PhD in Packing

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22 letters - Muckanaghederdauhaulia, the longest place name in Ireland (it's in County Galway) and means the pig marsh between two inlets.

Can't find a pic though

Currently on a twelve month RTW trip. Read about my experiences at http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com

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Pirri

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23 letters - Lake Cadibarrawirracanna

Said by some to be the longest place name in Australia but I know of one that is 26 letters so I'm holding out till we reach that number.

It is a salt lake in central South Australia. In the local Aboriginal dialect it means "Stars dancing on water".

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Haci Richard

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24 Letters: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada

According to Wikipedia: In Blackfoot, the name for the site is Estipah-skikikini-kots. According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo plunge off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath the falling buffalo. He was later found dead under the pile of carcasses where he got his head smashed in.

It's also a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Haci Richard

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25 Letters: The People's Republic of China

Big country, long name.

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Pirri

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Thanks Haci,
26 letters - Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya
Is a hill somewhere in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Country and translates as "Where The Devil Urinates"

Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the site to go with it because I think its a sacred site. But it's in the Everard Ranges so here's a Flickr image I found of the area.

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Haci Richard

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27 Letters: Pemberton Township High School, Pemberton, New Jersey, USA

Not much of a destination, but I did spend four years there back in the 80s.

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Haci Richard

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Let's see if this can be revived:

28 letters: Democratic Republic of the Congo, aka, Zaire

Home of some pretty amazing primates.

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Lucky Luke

Street Food Connoisseur

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I'm just sad this game never made it to 58 so I could break out Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - in Wales

Or to ...(i can't be bothered counting that far...whatever number it is...) in Bangkok's official name: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.

sigh.

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