Longest Word In The World?

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Reiku, Sep 25, 2007.

  1. Sangamon Registered Member

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    The official name of Bangkok (Thailand) is a word that needs to be respected.

    กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

    Not too shabby, aye?

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    you pronounce it, more or less, like so:

    Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
     
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  3. Reiku Banned Banned

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    Wow!
     
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  5. darini Registered Senior Member

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    Cool. Any more examples of the longest words of other languages? In Portuguese:

    - Pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiótico: defines the person with a disease caused by inhalating vulcanic ashes.

    Interesting to note that the word ranked in 3rd is Hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia - the phobia to pronounce long and complicated words.
     
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  7. tim840 Registered Senior Member

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    Pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiótico

    The English word for this disease is the longest word in the language: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

    One of the longest non-medical word is floccinaucinihilapilification, the act of declaring something worthless or valueless.
     
  8. Zardozi Isvara.... . 1S Evil_Lau Registered Senior Member

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    I disagree.
    Cupreo means from the skull
     
  9. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    Antidisestablishmentarianism can be infinitely prefixed sensibly and stands itself as the longest non-medical/non-scientific English word.

    Consider:

    Neocontraprotopseudoneoanticontraprotopseudoanticontracontraneoantineocontraneoantipseudoprotoantidiestablishmentarianism.
     
  10. tim840 Registered Senior Member

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    But neocontraprotopseudoneoanticontraprotopseudoanticontracontraneoantineocontraneoantipseudoprotoantidiestablishmentarianism is not a real word, you just made it up.
     

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