Geography

[Go Ne]

Not that city, its actually national capital.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by jtur88

What do you mean by "city"? Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch has a population of just over 3,000.

I've been there! Here is the translation from Welsh:

St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave

However, I found a longer one, Bangkok,Thailand. Bangkok is the name known internationally, in Thai it is shortened to Krungthep but the full name is 163 letters:

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniw esmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavi sanukamprasit

Here is a translation I found online:

krungthep mahanakorn
The great city of angels,
amorn rattanakosin mahintara yutthaya mahadilok phop
the supreme unconqueralble land of the great immortal divinity (Indra),
noparat rajathani burirom
the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city,
udomrajaniwes mahasatharn
with plenty of grand royal palaces,
amorn phimarn avatarnsathit
and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity (Vishnu),
sakkatattiya visanukam prasit
given by Indra and created by the god of crafting (Visnukarma).

[jtur88]

Aside from "official" versions that are widely unknown, I'm inclined to suspect that the largest city in the world with 6 or more syllables is Oklahoma City. However, any assertion that a place is a "largest city" depends on whether one is speaking of the population within the formal city limits of the central city, or the metropolitan area.

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, has a larger cental-city population, but a smaller metro than Oklamoma City.

Rio de Janeiro is considered, in English, to have six syllables, but only five in Portuguese, where "rio" rhymes with the one-syllable English word "few".

There is a wonderful website ( forvo.com ) where you can listen to words and names in many languages.

[Go Ne]

Bangkok is correct.