Statistics for Longest Place Names

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Name	Translation	Place	% Correct
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch	"Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave"	Wales	97%
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu	"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"	New Zealand	78%
Yamagawaokachiyogamizu	"Mountains and rivers of Hamachiyogamizu"	Japan	66%
Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein	"The spring where two buffaloes were cleanly killed with a single shot"	South Africa	64%
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula	"The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River"	USA	64%
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (Lake Chaubunagungamaug)	"Fishing Place at the Boundaries -- Neutral Meeting Grounds"	USA	63%
Cottonshopeburnfoot	"The end of the Cottonshope Burn"	UK	59%
Gasselterboerveenschemond	"Delta of Gasselt's farmer's bog"	Netherlands	51%
Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě	"New Village by New Town in Moravia"	Czech Republic	46%
Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik	"Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks"	Canada	44%
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya	"Where the devil urinates"	Australia	34%
Muckanaghederdauhaulia	"Piggery between two briny places"	Ireland	24%