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by Medic5 » Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:01 +0000
TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU (A hill in New Zealand. This Maori name was in general use, but is now generally abbreviated to Taumata. The name means: the summit of the hill, where Tamatea, who is known as the land eater, slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, played on his nose flute to his loved one)
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by Sean » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 1:09 +0000
Right,here goes (THE longest place name in the world is as follows...) KrungthepMahaNakornAmarnRattanakosindraMahindrayudhyaMahadilokpopNaporatanaRajdhaniMahasathanAmorn PimanAvatarnSatitSukkatultiyaVishnukarnPrasit.........and its for Bangkok in Thailand,it translates as "The city of angels,the great city,the residence of the Emerald Buddha,the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the Grand Capital of the world endowed with Nine Precious Gems,the happy city abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated God,a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn". Its commonly known as Krungthep by Thai"s,which means "The City Of Angels" .....or its commonly known as Bangkok by westerners,which probably means "The City of Women who can shoot ping pong balls out of their..... (editors note-we had to censor the last bit folks!!)
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by MX5Steve » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:31 +0000
Sean wrote:[b]Right,here goes (THE longest place name in the world is as follows...) KrungthepMahaNakornAmarnRattanakosindraMahindrayudhyaMahadilokpopNaporatanaRajdhaniMahasathanAmorn PimanAvatarnSatitSukkatultiyaVishnukarnPrasit.........and its for Bangkok in Thailand,it translates as "The city of angels"]
Quiz time..... What other world city is known as the city of angels?
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by Fergus » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:38 +0000
Lets get back on the subject shall we....
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by MX5Steve » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 4:53 +0000
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by Sean » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 7:25 +0000
Stephen....is it Los Angeles?
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by Medic5 » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 9:54 +0000
Yes!
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by Reesy » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:17 +0000
So... back to the word game? Here goes:
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by Sean » Sat, 09 Feb 2008 1:41 +0000
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by MX5Steve » Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:01 +0000
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by leamyj » Sun, 10 Feb 2008 2:44 +0000
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