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29. Hungary - Jászfelsőszentgyörgy is located in central Hungary and means "Upper St. George in Jászság."

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28. Finland - Saaranpaskantamasaari comprises a whopping 21 letters. It is the name of an island in northeastern Finland.

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27. Germany - In Germany, there's a small suburb with a big name: Gschlachtenbretzingen.

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26. Japan - Yamagawaokachiyogamizu is a destination in Japan and translates to "hill of the children's water in the mountains and river region."

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25. Ireland - If you find yourself in Ireland, think about visiting the town of Muckanaghederdauhaulia.

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24. Ireland - Or you could check out a bridge in County Tipperary called Drehideenglashanatooha.

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23. Mexico - The village of Parangaricutirimicuaro in Michoacán is another real tongue twister, with 22 letters in total.

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22. Canada - There is an island in Quebec called Kuchistiniwamiskahikan. It is a Cree word and means "the island where boats entering the bay."

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21. Japan - Another destination in Japan that has a very similar name to the previous Japanese place name on this list is: Yamagawahamachiyogamizu. Rather than hill, it means "beach of the children's water in the mountains and river region."

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20. Russia - There's a small village in the country called Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo. Its name isn't that much shorter written out using the Russian Cyrillic alphabet: Нижненовокутлумбетьево.

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19. United States of America - Another place famous for its long name is a beach on Nunivak Island in Alaska called Nunathloogagamiutbingoi.

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18. Norway - Midway through the list is the town Kvernbergsundsødegården in Buskerud.

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17. Suriname - Boasting an impressive 23 letters in its name, Onafhankelijkheidsplein is a central square in the country's capital, Paramaribo.

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16. Iceland - In Icelandic, the name of the municipality Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur means "cool edge's shore's municipality."

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15. Russia - Another place in Russia with a seriously long name is Staronizhestebliyevskaya, a village found in Krasnodar Krai.

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14. Russia - Also found in Russia is Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo, which is a village located in Orenburg Oblast.

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13. Netherlands - The longest one-word name of any destination in the Netherlands is Gasselterboerveenschemond. It's a hamlet found in the province of Drenthe.

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12. Ireland - And in Ireland, the longest one-word place-name is Bullaunancheathrairaluinn, which is the name of a bullaun (a depression in a stone, often filled with water). 

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11. Germany - More space may be required for some of these place-names.  What about about Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich, a hamlet found in Schleswig-Holstein.

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10. Australia - Even Australia gets in on the long-name act with Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya which is the name of a hill in South Australia. The meaning? "Where the devil urinates."

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9. South Africa - Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte is an impressive 27 letters long and is the name of a farm in Upper Karoo.

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8. India - All aboard! Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is the name of railway station in India.

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7. Canada - Canada makes the list again by virtue of this lake in  Manitoba called Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik.

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6. Finland - With a whopping 35 letters, Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä is the name given to a bog region in Lapland.

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5. Spain - Breaking into the top five is Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea, which is a town in Navarra.

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4. South Africa - There's a farm called Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein in Afrikaans that translated into English means "Two Buffalos Shot Totally Dead with One Shot Fountain."

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3. United States of America - Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the name of a lake in Webster, Massachusetts.

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2. Wales - Incredibly, Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch actually exists. 

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1. New Zealand -

And the longest place-name in the world? That will be Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu, at 85 letters long. It's the name of a hill in North Island and is the recipient of a Guinness World Records award.

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