deepa  +  14050 Tue, 25 Nov 03 07:38 AM did you know the longest name of any country is ( local long form) Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma (63 english letters) for LIBYA! the second comes Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah (51) for ALGERIA and third isItyop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik 40 for ETHIOPIA! deepa Joined on Tue, Nov 18 2003 Pondicherry ,India Regular Member 848 Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance! English Letters

	Woodward  +  14226 Wed, 26 Nov 03 12:41 PM Any ideas about the country that has the shortest name? Chad, Peru, Laos... is there one with 3 letters? (without using abbreviations) Woodward Joined on Tue, Jun 24 2003 A New Zealander in Chile Senior Member 2,747 Don't let schooling interfere with your education. www.grammar.cl - www.vocabulary.cl Abbreviations

	Yerr_Mum  +  18221 Mon, 05 Jan 04 02:44 PM The longest Capital City Nmae in the world is the full name for Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand: KRUNGTHEP MAHANAKHON BOVORN RATANAKOSIN MAHINTHARAYUTTHAYA MAHADILOKPOP NOPARATRATCHATHANI BURIROM UDOMRATCHANIVETMAHASATHAN AMORNPIMAN AVATARNS ATHIT SAKKATHATTIYAVISNUKARMPRASIT Yerr_Mum Joined on Mon, Jan 5 2004 New Member 03

	Woodward  +  18236 Mon, 05 Jan 04 04:18 PM Does it have an English Translation? What does it mean? Woodward

	YoHf  +  162264 Thu, 24 Nov 05 07:51 PM  Anonymous wrote: The longest name of a town in the world is the Welsh town Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch It means "whose name means St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave" Lol... I can't trust that... YoHf