What is the longest palindrome?

skysmom65

The longest known palindrome – a word that reads the same backwards or forwards – in any language is the 19-letter word saippuakivikauppias More: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp Sep 19 06, 2:54 PM

arctic_wolves

Saippuakauppias, Finnish for "soap vendor", is claimed to be the world's longest palindromic word in everyday use. A meaningful derivative from it is saippuakalasalakauppias (soapfish bootlegger). An even longer effort is saippuakuppinippukauppias (soapdish batch seller). Koortsmeetsysteemstrook, is probably the longest palindrome in Dutch, and Kuulilennutunneliluuk (trajectory tunnel hatch) is the longest palindrome in Estonian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome A 17,259 word palindrome (or palindromic sentence)is found on this link: http://www.norvig.com/pal2txt.html Sep 19 06, 5:36 PM

lanfranco

And then there's this thing. I didn't check it backwards and forwards, or even to make sure that it made any sense: http://www.palindromelist.com/longest.htm Sep 19 06, 5:55 PM

ashokv_Sharma

Check this for a 63,647 letter palindrome: A 15,139 Word Palindrome (or Palindromic Sentence) http://www.norvig.com/pal1txt.html Sep 20 06, 1:23 PM

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