Place names affect how people perceive, experience and emotionally connect to their surroundings in both conscious and subconscious ways. Psychologists, sociologists and geographers have explored how ...

In fact, they often shorten it themselves—with 168 letters, it’s the longest place name in the world. So why do we even care about the longest place name in the world or place names in general?

Personal names are also part of the typology of place naming. Most of the personal names added by English speakers are built into words that represent settlement or landscape features. There are ...