Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
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Template:LangrTemplate:Efn is a hill near Pōrangahau, south of Waipukurau, in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The summit of the hill is Template:Convert above sea level. The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of Māori origin; it is often shortened to Taumata for brevity.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ones, are also sometimes used.
Name
[edit]The name Template:Shy translates roughly as "the summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his Template:Lang (flute) to his loved one".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other versions
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The name has multiple alternative forms, some of them being longer still. Template:Lang has 92 letters. An even longer version, Template:Lang, has 105 letters and means "the hill of the flute playing by Tamatea – who was blown hither from afar, had a slit penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land – to his beloved one".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Maps from 1929 published by the Department of Lands and Survey use a 28-character name Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref><ref>Template:LINZ</ref> In 1941, the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand renamed the hill to a 57-character name Template:Lang, which has been an official name since 1948, and first appeared in a 1955 map.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> The New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, maintained by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), shows the official name with macrons Template:Lang.<ref>Template:LINZ</ref>
Tamatea Urehaea
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Template:Langr (Tamatea, the explorer of the land) was the father of Template:Langr, ancestor of the Template:Langr tribe (iwi).<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Mention of Template:Langr's explorations of the land occur not only in Template:Langr legends, but also in the traditions of iwi from Northland, where he is said to have explored the Hokianga and Kaipara harbours.
In traditions from the Bay of Plenty Region, he left a son, Template:Langr, who is the ancestor of Template:Langr of Tauranga. Legends from the East Coast of the North Island tell of his explorations in Template:Langr, Template:Langr, Template:Langr, Template:Langr, Template:Langr and Template:Langr. He travelled via the Template:Langr River, over the Template:Langr saddle via Template:Langr to Lake Taupō. The Ōtamatea River is named after him. Template:Langr is also the name of a place in Napier.Template:Citation needed
Early South Island legends say that Template:Langr sailed down the east coast. His canoe was wrecked in the far south, and transformed into the Template:Langr mountain range. Template:Langr then returned to the North Island, and travelled via the Whanganui River.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
In popular culture
[edit]The name is referenced in various works:
- The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape.<ref>New Zealand Folk Song: Peter Cape Template:Webarchive According to this source, Cape calls it "Taumata".</ref>
- It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump, which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show.Template:Citation needed
- It is featured in a Mountain Dew jingle and a SEEK Learning TV ad in Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The name is featured in the 2019 song "Open Road" by New Zealand artist Ra Costelloe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tennis star Martina Navratilova learned to say the word when she was ten years old.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>