Welsh place names can appear daunting: many seem long (although this one is truly exceptional) and many of them seem to begin with "Llan", which means "church". The specific place in the question is a large village and local government community in Anglesey ("Ynys Môn" in Welsh), an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

Its name is often shortened to the more manageable Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or LlanfairPG. This short form breaks down as follows:

llan: church

fair: Mary

gwyn: white

pwll: pool

gyll: hazel

So the first part of the name translates as "St Mary's Church of the pool of the white hazel" (The rest of the full-length name translates as "near to the fierce whirlpool of the church of St Tysilio of the red cave.")

The long form of the name, with 58 characters split into 19 syllables, is the longest place name in Europe and the second-longest official one-word place name in the world.

Now for the other answer options. The Welsh word for "town" is "tref", "village" is "pentref" and "lake" is "llyn".

The picture is a close-up of the railway station (part of the main UK rail network), showing the famous, but challenging, place name.

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