What is the longest word is/are the longest word(s)in the english history?

What does it mean?Who ever answer this question don't give me a site.Give the answer.

Thankyou,
Sandy

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SANDY

Sorry, but I have to give you some sites. There is not just one answer to this question, so you'll need to do some reading and make your own decision.

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=longest+word+in+English&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images

Thank you very much.

Sandy

2 answers

Hi Sandy the longest word in English history is Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakkchymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon. It means fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes comedy. The Greek has 171 letters and for centuries it was the longest word know. It is the longest word ever to appear in literature according to Guinness World Records (1990)
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