Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya is a hill in the Aussie Outback. It is the longest official place name in Australia, with 26 letters. The name means "where the devil urinates" in the local Pitjantjatjara language.
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH, WALES. This village on the Ynys Môn island off the north-west coast of Wales has 58 letters. It is the place with the second-longest name in the world. The original name of the village was Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll.
The name means "where the devil urinates" in the regional Pitjantjatjara language and was recorded during a field trip organised by an unspecified state government agency in May 1989. It was gazetted on 4 November 2010 by the Government of South Australia as "Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya" without the word "hill".
/ɪə/ sound
The diphthong actually sounds like /iː/ + /ə/. To make this sound, say /iː/, then move your tongue back and down and your lips less wide to make the /ə/ sound. A common problem for students is the difference between 'beer' and 'bear'.
The Bay had been named after Admiral John Jervis, 1735-1823, so one of the locals contacted his descendants who said that, while it was true that in the UK Jervis was mostly pronounced /jar-vuhs/, his branch of the family pronounced it /jer-vuhs/. Therefore /jer-vuhs/ for Jervis Bay was correct.
Different words for dog
In Warlpiri, there are two words for dog: jarntu and maliki.
Murris like to gossip - especially about our own mob. A typical talking point is when a woman is "Bunti Up" (pregnant).
Gubbah, also spelt gubba, is a term used by some Aboriginal people to refer to white people or non-Aboriginal people. The Macquarie Dictionary has it as "n. Colloq. (derog.) an Aboriginal term for a white man".
Place with the Longest Single Word in the World
The place with the longest single word is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. At 85 letters, this Māori name for a hill in New Zealand is often truncated to Taumata.
The longest name to appear on a birth certificate is Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams. #OTD in 1984, her father looked to extend her first name to 1,019 letters and her middle name to 36 letters.
It is said that longest color name is coquelicot with 10 letters.
Australia is colloquially known as "the Land Down Under" (or just "Down Under"), which derives from the country's position in the Southern Hemisphere, at the antipodes of the United Kingdom.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair PG for short) is a small, quiet town on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of North Wales, famous for having the longest place name in Europe.
The term "gravida" can be used to refer to a pregnant woman. A "nulligravida" is a woman who has never been pregnant. A "primigravida" is a woman who is pregnant for the first time or has been pregnant once. A "multigravida" or "secundigravida" is a woman who has been pregnant more than once.
Aboriginal people refer to an Elder as 'Aunty' or 'Uncle'. However, it is recommended that non-Aboriginal people check the appropriateness of their use of these terms as referring to an Elder or leader as Aunty or Uncle may not be appropriate for an outsider unless a strong relationship has been established.
Aboriginal mothers of twins are a small group, but they are an important high-risk group, and these mothers should be considered for targeted support.
kesalul - I love you.
Blak or Black or Blackfella or Blackfulla
Let's get back to Blak. The provenance of this term goes back to 1994 and Aboriginal artist Destiny Deacon, who urged art curators Hetti Perkins and Claire Williamson to use Blak instead of Black for an exhibition.
There are numerous names in Aboriginal languages including Kooelwong, Colo, Coloo, Coola, Colah, koobor, Koolah and Kaola.
In most of Australia, when you're talking about sport, derby is pronounced darby. Not so in WA where it's pronounced phonetically – DER-be – and the same goes for the popular Kimberley tourist town of Derby.
Break 'suburb' down into sounds: [SUB] + [URB] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.