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Is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis the longest word

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yes.

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The longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is forty-five letters long and refers to a type of lung disease. If you're including technical words, the longest English word— and longest word in the world—is this word, a chemical name for a protein that is 189,819 letters long.

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