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(Welsh: Church of Santa Maria into the hollow of white hazel near the rapid and the church of San Tysilio near the red cave), is a country on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and is the official place name longer than the United Kingdom and the third longest in the world. For practical reasons, however, the name is abbreviated to Llanfair PG (or Llanfairpwll for Welsh speakers) which is sufficient to distinguish it from other places in Wales called Llanfair. It is a popular tourist destination, many people stop at the train station to have their picture taken beside the sign of the station, visit the nearby visitor center or get your passport stamped in local stores. Another tourist attraction is the nearby column of the Marquis of Anglesey, from which there is an overview of the Menai Strait and Anglesey. The name was devised in the 1860s by the city council, specifically for the privilege and prestige of having "the longest name of a railway station in Britain." Can not be considered an authentic Welsh word. In fact, the original name of the place was Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, which itself is respectably long (given that the Welsh alphabet has 17 letters compared to only 26 of the English). A reasonable attempt to pronounce the word could be Clan vire pulth Gwinn Gith gor gerrick win Drobo UTH clan tay see lee oh go go gogch. (The "gch" in the final syllable is a sound of "glottal h" similar to that used in the Yiddish word "l'chaim". Gok Say glottal produces more or less the same effect). The double elle can be pronounced either as 'cl' and as 'l', or more precisely as an 'l' pronounced as you move air around the tongue (try blowing while saying "l"). There have been several attempts to steal the records of Llanfair PG, for promotional reasons (Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion)