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* The Spanish in general. They take a surname from each parent and tend to have names like 'Mari Carmen' (Mary Kate) and 'Jose Luis' (Joseph Lewis), so they have up to four given names. Thus the Prime Minister 1996-2004 was José María Alfredo Aznar López (usually José María Aznar); his successor is José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (always with all four names on first reference). |
* The Spanish in general. They take a surname from each parent and tend to have names like 'Mari Carmen' (Mary Kate) and 'Jose Luis' (Joseph Lewis), so they have up to four given names. Thus the Prime Minister 1996-2004 was José María Alfredo Aznar López (usually José María Aznar); his successor is José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (always with all four names on first reference). |
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* Hawaiian royalty has really long, descriptive hames. For example, King Kamehameha I's full name was Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea. |
* Hawaiian royalty has really long, descriptive hames. For example, King Kamehameha I's full name was Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea. |
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* Because the German language allows words to be strung together, many overly long names can come out of this, for example the name of the law |
* Because the German language allows words to be strung together, many overly long names can come out of this, for example the name of the law [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rindfleischetikettierungs%C3%BCberwachungsaufgaben%C3%BCbertragungsgesetz Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz] (note that this is the short title of the law), the by-law Grundstücks­verkehrs­genehmigungs­zuständigkeits­übertragungs­verordnung and the organization Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft (unsourced, but was in the Guinness Book of Records). Way longer words would be possible with the language rules, for example the Donau.. could be extended with "..gesellschaftsbuchführungshauptverantwortlicherstundenlohnerfassungstabellenspaltenbreite" (not that it would make a whole lot of sense though). |
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* The father of paleontology: Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier. |
* The father of paleontology: Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier. |
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* [[Lady Gaga]]'s real name is actually Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. |
* [[Lady Gaga]]'s real name is actually Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. |
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