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The longest place name in the USA is ...

... Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts may have the longest place name in the US (49 letters, or 53, if you count the Lake portion). It is also known as Webster Lake on occasion. However, this version of the name—along with its rumored translation, "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle"—appears to have been the creation of a local newspaper editor. The longer name is based on earlier names for the lake from the language of the Nipmuc people who lived in the area.

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