Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchau-bunagungamaugg
Lake Chaubunagungamaug, also known as Webster Lake, is a lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States. It is located near the Connecticut border and has a surface area of 5.83 km². The translation for the lake is believed to be, “Fishing Place at the Boundaries — Neutral Meeting Grounds.” This is different from the translation, “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle”, a hoax believed to have been concocted by the late John Daly.
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, a 45-letter alternative name for this body of water, is often cited as the longest place name in the United States and one of the longest in the world. Today, “Webster Lake” may be the name most used, but some (including many residents of Webster), take pride in reeling off the longer versions. [Source]
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11 Comments, add your own...
1. Conan | April 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I don’t want to read the name of the lake
2. Stafa | April 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I think they made up that name just for the fun of it lol!
3. teach | April 20th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Have you ever been to this place in Wales, UK?
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
It means: “St. Mary’s Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave.”
LOL
4. nzm | April 20th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html
5. M | April 20th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Lol! i tried pronouncing it but I couldn’t;p and i didn’t get this… is it called Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg?
6. Frankom | April 20th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Did you type it or copy/paste it ?
7. KTDP | April 20th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
or as the natives refer to it ……” the lake” …..
8. gilly | April 20th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
The German language has some pretty long words too:
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
“association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services”
79 letters (80 with some spelling reform)
9. Geek25 | April 20th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
i think its just some bored people trying to come up with a name.
10. spooner | April 21st, 2009 at 5:38 am
And I thought Lake Titicaca was the coolest lake.
11. Om Sheikha | April 23rd, 2009 at 9:16 am
I think there’s a spelling mistake LOL
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