Hmmmm! Let's see then

Sheffield?

Sheffield is correct!!!! The River Sheaf is the river involved, "meaning to divide or separate. Field is a generic suffix deriving from the Old English feld, meaning a forest clearing." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sheffield

Your go!

Whoops... 48 hours are up

Which American city's name means "The Meadows?"

Your time is up, and this one was dead simple. The answer was... Las Vegas.

Next question: Which American city's name means Saint Francis?

San Francisco?

Is correct, your go!

Mr Horse!

Sir Horse! Time is nearly up!

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Which English county's name derives from cantus meaning "rim" or "border"?

Kent??

Yep, your go!

which country can boast having the longest place name, as recognised by Guiness World Records?

Defined as being commonly used by locals

Edited at 12:40 Wed 03/03/10 (GMT)

United States of America? Or you mean in which country is the place with the longest name?

sorry, I mean which country has a place with the longest name?

New Zealand has Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, Canada has the township Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, Wales has the contrived placename Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, America has the lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Australia has Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill, and Ireland has Muckanaghederdauhaulia. There's a couple of others like Gasselterboerveenschemond in the Netherlands.

New Zealand one is correct

Wooooo!

The name of which Irish city means "mouth of the sandbars"?

Dunegal?

Donegal? Nope!

(That means "fort of the foreigners" I think, hmmm...)