A Guide to Conservation Areas in Scotland. Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.
Image caption The 63-letter word was created amid the BSE crisis. The German language has lost its longest word thanks to a change in the law to conform with EU regulations. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz-meaning law delegating beef label monitoring - was introduced in 1999 in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The longest word with a dictionary entry, according to Duden is at 36 letters, Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung, motor vehicle liability insurance. However a 39-letter word, Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, insurance companies providing legal protection, is considered the longest German word in everyday use by the Guinness Book of World Records. In theory, a German word can be infinitely long. Unlike in English, an extra concept can simply be added to the existing word indefinitely.