Longest Name Of A Place In The World

The world's longest place name belongs to a hill near Porangahau in the southern Hawke\u2019s Bay in New Zealand. It is a name given in the Maori language. This hill is 305 meters tall and is famously known for its long name. This name has since been shortened to Taumata for the ease of pronunciation. The meaning of the name has been translated to mean \u201cthe place where Tamatea, the man who had big knees, the climber of mountains, the slider, the land-swallower that traveled about, played the nose flute that he had to the loved ones.\u201d With 85 characters, it is the longest place name in the world according to the Guinness World Records.