When it comes to entering your address, we can often wish that we lived in a place with a short name simply because we are very lazy and do not want to spend any time typing or writing in this information. So, imagine if you lived in a place in Thailand that has the longest city name in the world. How long is the name? Well, according to some individuals, as there appears to be different spellings, it is a staggering 163 letters long.
Of course, the name is actually made up of different words that ultimately provide a description of the place, but the Thai authorities took things to a whole new level when they came up with this name. So, deep breath because here we go.
The name of the town is: Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopno
You must admit that this is a bit of a mouthful, but it then translates into something along the lines of ‘The great city of angels, the supreme unconquerable land of the great immortal divinity, the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city, with plenty of grand royal palaces and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity given by Indra and created by the god of crafting.’
Even with that translation it still sounds like a huge place name, so it is no surprise that people in Thailand do tend to shorten it to something that is far more manageable.