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Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
The Longest
Place Name in Wales
Фотографии автора презентации
Шайдурова Валентина Федоровна
Учитель английского языка
ГБОУ «Школа №106»
Санкт-Петербург
2016
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
The Menai Strait - the way to Anglesey
“White Knight says to Alice,
'I heard him then, for I had just completed
my design.
To keep the Menai Bridge from rust.
By boiling it in wine.”
Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
In 1826, Anglesey was connected to the
rest of Wales by the construction of the
Menai Suspension Bridge by Thomas
Telford
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair
Pwllgwyngyll
(pronounced [ɬanˌvair puɬˈɡwɨɨ̞nɡɨɨ̞ɬ]) is
a large village on the island of Anglesey in
Wales
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
It is known as
Llanfair pwllgwyngyll gogery chwyrn drobwll llan
tysilio gogo goch.
At 58 letters long,
it is the longest official one-word place
name in Europe.
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
In English it means:
St Mary's Church in the hollow of white
hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the
Church of St Tysilio near the red cave.
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
The long name was contrived in the
1860s to bestow upon the station the
feature of having the longest name of
any railway station in Britain, an early
example of a publicity stunt.
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
By the time of the 2011 Census the
population had increased to 3,107, of whom
70.62% were able to speak Welsh.
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
The village is divided into two sections.
The upper village has mostly older
residences and the lower village has
newer commercial buildings and the train
station.
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
Презенатция- The Longest Place Name in Wales
Фотографии автора презентации
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3405192/Hotpoint-refuse-delive
r-dishwasher-Welsh-village-Britain-s-longest-place-don-t-think-exists.
html#ixzz44fa4KuJi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridges/
http://
wikitravel.org/en/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogo
gogoch
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