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The longest single-word domain: llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
When registering a domain, it is often best to keep the name as short and simple as possible. For the residents of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a village on an island in Wales, this wasn’t an option.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is Welsh for “The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio’s of the red cave.” While 58 characters long in English, it is only 51 characters in Welsh.

The name was originally chosen as a publicity stunt during the 1800s. Before that, it was simply called “Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll,” or “St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel.” Locals today simply call it “Llanfair PG.”

The domain was registered in 1999, when ICANN changed registration guidelines to allow up to 67 characters in a domain instead of 26. There are longer domains out there, such as thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com, but the Welsh domain is the longest single-word name.

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