Street name chosen by Iwi 'too long'

[Lilith7]

Yes it is a bit long - but I can manage to pronounce it without becoming overcome with fatigue, & I suspect most will also manage it. It really isn't that difficult at 17 letters & better than Acacia st which is what they want.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/30...s-too-long


"A 17-letter name, the traditional Māori name for the location, has been rejected by Bay of Plenty residents for being too long, leaving it a street with no name.

Papakangahorohoro Road was proposed as the name of a development of new houses at Bunyan Rd, Whakatāne, after the Whakatāne District Council consulted with local iwi.

The name – meaning “to move swiftly in battle formation like the crab” – was chosen by Ngāti Awa cultural adviser Pouroto Ngaropō, because the houses were on land where chief Taiwhakaea trained his warriors in defence tactics and battle formations.

Hawkes had originally requested the name Acacia Avenue, but council rejected that on the grounds the road did not meet the criteria for an avenue, which had to be a broad, tree-lined road."



I had a  swift look & found these; perhaps they might prefer them?





[b]https://www.thetravel.com/longest-names-in-the-world/[/b]


"Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: (45 letters) A Lake Located In Massachusetts In the Nipmuc Language. Believed toBe The Longest Official Name In the United States

• Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein: (44 letters) The Longest Name in Africa and Is a Farm in South Africa In the Afrikaans Language
  
  
• Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä: (35 letters) Located In Lapland, Finland. the Longest Name In The European Union (After Brexit)
  
  
• Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik: (31 letters) A Lake in Manitoba, Canada. A Cree Word for "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks"
  
  
• Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau: (28 letters) A Street in South Korea That Translates As "a road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough."
  
  
• Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta: (28 letters) A Village in India and the Longest Name In India
  
  
• Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte: (27 letters) Another Afrikaans Named Farm in South Africa
  
  
• Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya: (26 letters) A Hill In South Australia Translating as "Where the devil urinates"