"Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" is a hill in New Zealand (i call it a hill because it is only 300m high and because wikipedia does also :P). It is supposedly called this because it means "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one"
I bet his "loved one" felt special when this guy played a nose flute LOL!
Anyway, the other name, which is 105 letters instead of 85, is:
"Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-haumai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu"
And this means:
"The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea — who was blown hither from afar, had a circumcised penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land — to his beloved"
Trust the Kiwi's to come up with a name like that!!!
PS: I'm sorry that i copied this idea of posting interesting names but i came across it while researching the other ones that you guys came up with. :D
Your just jealous of our culture.
ReplyDeleteAnd i've been to the second "Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-haumai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu" on a trip up to auckland.
dont worry your not missing out on much.
Plus the "kiwis" didn't name it, the maori's did.
And sorry about the short New Zealand History lesson but there you go. Post anything about New Zealand i just have to post to be right
And i take offense to the "stupid" part of title.
ReplyDeleteA hill is after all inamite objects so where ever they are they all have the same level of intelligence.
Plus is better than any "hill" u have in Perth because it would be green and covered in green green grass and not catching on fire ever second weekend.
Nah i love you all and Perth
But our hills will kick your hill's ass
you came back about 8 hours later to post the second comment?
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