The longest place name in the world

Taumatawhakatan­gihangakoauau­otamateaturipu­kakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiw­henuakitanata­hu, or simply ** Taumata ** boasts the title of the longest place name in the world. The name means roughly: „A place where Tamatea, a man with big knees, who slid from the mountains, climbed the mountains and swallowed the mountains – known as the Eaters – played his flute for his beloved.“