novaTopFlex has just finished a Python software demonstration that examines the letters of “Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg,” a Nipmuc (or Nipmuck) Algonquian term referring to the longest place name of any type in the Town of Webster, as well as throughout Worcester County, Massachusetts, the United States, and even North America as a whole. Only two other place names are notable for longer names, one in Wales, the other in New Zealand. The New Zealand place name is 85 letters, the Welsh place name 58 letters, and the Massachusetts name 45 letters.
