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.
Thursday, 3 July 2014
The Norwegian Town Whose Name Is One Letter Long
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.
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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.
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