Bangkok is in the guinness book of records for the longest placename in the world. African journals online ajol is the worlds largest and preeminent platform of africanpublished scholarly journals. Srijans book was inaugurated at kathmandu university nepal. A british woman claimed the record for the worlds fastest birth. Llanfair mathafarn eithaf which translates from welsh to saint marys church with a tavern at the end of the field. She gave birth in just under two minutes after her water broke. But by using those planets that do have a name, as well as a little inspiration from popular works of fiction, this generator will generate randomized names similar to these existing planets. The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific. Longest word in afrikaans language, 6 letters with a hilarious meaning. Chibundu onuzos novel welcome to lagos sets its runaway. We often make assumptions about the world we live in, only to find that the reality is quite different. Top 10 longest words in the english language and the most difficult by bernadine racoma january 4, 20. Anyway, here are the longest books ever written by american authors. It is the historic inland route between cape town and port elizabeth, connecting the east and west coasts of the country.
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Longest word in afrikaans language, 6 letters with a. Going awol in africas largest city the new york times. Prior to 20, libya name in arabic was the longest country name in the world. The longest ever book in a poetic form with proper meteric verses and stanza was a one thousand year old poetry written by firdousi in the 10th century. It is south africas secondlongest oneword place name, and at 27 letters, it is the worlds ninthlongest place name. Pendatun, named after the mindanaoan general and senator of the same name.
In fact, according to the guinness book of world records throughout most of the 1970s and 80s, hubert wolfstern is a man of the most names. The longest title of a book consists of 26,021 characters, and was achieved. Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte is a farm in south africa in the upper karoo of northern cape town. While lexicographers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulae rather than words, for its sheer length the systematic name for titin is often included in longest word lists. He is the chairperson of the africanamerican studies department at temple university, and the author of over twenty books including afrocentricity, african culture and kemet, afrocentricity and knowledge. What is the longest poetry book in the world answers.
What if the movie of the novel the movie had then been readapted into a series of books. The longest name in africanigeria guy interview youtube. This spelling of the name is now more common than laurence in the englishspeaking world, probably because lawrence is the usual spelling of the surname. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Oct 05, 2009 the world s longest running soap opera, guiding light, has been on for 72 years following the lives of four families in america. Meaning of uvuvwevwevwe onyetenvewve ugwemubwem ossas. Yet her father later filed an amendment expanding her first name to 1019 letters and her middle name to 36, without publishing that name. Nigerians were invited to watch the reading which took place at the herbert macaulay library. The longest nigerian name youve heard culture 4 nigeria. There are 195 countries in the world of which less than ten countries share parts of their names such as the koreas, congos, and guineas. This question took me back to the memories of board exams. The name, which follows a common format for afrikaans language place names in south africa, means the spring where two buffaloes were killed. Did you know that the longest english word ever a chemical name for titin is 189,819 letters long and takes approximately three and a half hours to pronounce.
The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding. Aug 11, 2009 the worlds smallest surviving baby weighted 8. Lawrence 18881935, who was known as lawrence of arabia. Jan 09, 2018 at 850 kilometers, route 62 in south africa is considered to be the longest wine route in the world. Hubert blaine wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff sr. Thais themselves refer to their capital as krung thep which means city of angels. Hey, what do south africans wash their clothes with.
According to the guinness book of world records, it is the longest official oneword place name in the world. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. Denise lewis patrick at the end of the civil war midnight, a fourteenyearold black cowboy and runaway slave who nurtures the dream of being reunited with his family, finds his destiny linked with that of two arapaho. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. That name is 57 characters long, and according to the guinness book of records 1995, the longest to ever appear on a birth certificate. The longest municipality name in the philippines is general salipada k. Zama mofokeng is a gymnast who got his name in the record book for the most consecutive backflips one hand in tembisa, south africa. Nov 22, 2017 the man with the worlds longest penis at half a metre has refused to have a reduction in order to have a normal sex life and wants to be a porn star instead.
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The longest nigerian name youve heard by willywest. The longest one worded place name in finland and the third longest in europe, the 35 letter word is said to have no genuine meaning in finnish or otherwise and was in all likelihood fated to be. Most women huangluo village have hair all the way to their feet, as long as 7 ft long in the longest hair in the village is seven feet long. From an author who adopted an african name as an adult, comes the most allinclusive book of african names. Top 10 longest words in the english language and the most. The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of maori origin. It is the longest place name in south africa, and one of the longest anywhere in the world. The weirdest and the longest book title mobileread forums. Can you pronounce these longest words from languages around. In 1997, oprah met a girl, who broke the guinness world record for the longest personal name in the world. Adwaita, an aldabra tortoise that four british seamen brought back in the 18th century, lived at the calcutta zoo until its death, in 2006. The book of african names duke university libraries.
Written in an austronesian malayopolynesian language, it is one of the longest epics in the world. The longest recognized systematic name is for the protein titin, at 189,819 letters. Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about daniel radcliffe, the young actor, who gave life. Jul 26, 2018 there are 195 countries in the world of which less than ten countries share parts of their names such as the koreas, congos, and guineas. Top 5 places with the longest names history rundown. Words consisting of hundreds, or even thousands of characters have been coined. Here are the top 10 longest words in the english language.
Guinness gave asha the title of worlds longest dreadlocks in 2009 when. This name generator will generate 10 random names for planets. The worlds longest living animals page 4 history a2z. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein wikipedia. According to the total book of south african records, the longest word in the language is. It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any englishspeaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world. African goliath beetle, scolopendra, diving beetle, african ground. Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of 1022 words with 4805 characters and no space. Destined to become a classic keepsake, the african book of. Thankfully not all words are as long or complicated. The longest municipality name in the czech republic is the name of nova ves u noveho mesta na morave 33 characters, english translation. Nigeria has africas biggest economy and 4 other facts you need to. Top 5 people with the longest names history rundown. He was able to achieve this feat after he performed as much.
Check out other women with longest hair in the world, some have even made it to the guinness world record. The longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18. The problem is that once someone removes duplicates, it can change which edition is listed to the most popular edition, and which is often a shortened version of the title. Its recent popularity as a feminine name stems from its similarity in sound to madison. Man with worlds biggest penis roberto cabrera registered. Previously known as barnaby usansky, this man from edinburgh held the record for the second longest name of a living person in years 20112012, with his 197letterslong name. The girl with 1,000plus letters in her name the oprah winfrey. Even nonagglutinative languages may allow word formation of. Of course, bangkok isnt the longest name in the world but bangkok is really just the name that foreign people call the city. Meaning, translation and how to say, uvuvwevwevwe onyetenvewve ugwemubwem ossas longest name in africa and probably the world in hausa. Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007. Well mine is definitely not even close to the longest name in the world but i think it was the longest one in my classroom, in school. South, african, schoolchildren, set, world, record, week, creating, what.
Bahman nama, a persian epic about the story of bahman son of isfandyar. As one of the worlds longestliving animals, some aldabra giant tortoises live well into their 200s. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream. Nigerian breaks guinness world record longest marathon. The 7 longest books in america the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. The longest title of a book consists of 11,284 characters, achieved by srijan timilsina nepal in lalitpure, nepal, on 19 february 2014. The significance of this act is to separate th e child from the spirit world where he is only an object, thus marking the childs entry into the community of human beings. The event coincided with world book day and was sponsored by both the lagos state government. I dont see a point in having a ridiculously long name, if it is not the longest name in the world. Aug 30, 2016 9 people with the biggest arms, feet and more.
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