The longest place name in the world
TaumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenÂuakitanatahu is a Maori word for a hill in the country’s North Island. It is pronounced “Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu”. The Maori place name translates into English as “the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as …