What's in a Name?

Well, it means, "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel, near to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the red cave".

In other words - or in Welsh, actually - it is :

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair PG, as it is often called) is a village on the island of Anglesey, in north Wales.  At 58 letters, it is the longest place name, not just in the UK, but in the whole of Europe.  With a population of just over 3,000, it is not a huge place, but is very popular with tourists, who love posing in front of the village's railway station.

 Llanfair PG by jonny2love is licensed under CC BY 2.0 

While the national language is not as common as it once was, an impressive 76% of the local population are fluent in Welsh, but again, I will be discussing languages at some point in the not-too-distant future.