Thursday 3 July 2014

The Norwegian Town Whose Name Is One Letter Long

image credit: Chris Zielecki

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales is the town with the longest name. But what about the world's shortest place name?
It's hard to get much shorter than the Norwegian town of Å.

1 comment(s):

Gelvan Tullibole 3rd said...

Just checked and Ae, and the several Scandinavian villages of the same name (Aa before it became A with an ° on its head), are equal first and all mean little stream.
Wonderful thing the internet.