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Welsh Village With a Tongue-Twisting Name

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a town with a name that is difficult to spell. Many visitors cannot pronounce the town and hence cannot search for it on the internet, which, the local tourism officials say, is a problem.

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