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One of the world's longest words is a Georgia spelling bee wiz's favorite
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
— The favorite word of Sara Daoud, a seventh-grade student from Columbia County, who is one of two students representing Georgia at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week.
Driving the news: Daoud and Sarv Dharavane, a DeKalb County fifth-grader, traveled to Maryland to challenge 241 other students in the spelling bee.
After a courageous effort, Daoud was eliminated in the seventh round on Wednesday after misspelling " spirketing." Dharavane remains in the fight.
Zoom out: The finals start tonight at 8pm and can be viewed on the Ion network.
Fun fact: More commonly known as Lake Webster, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is located in Massachusetts.
According to the Webster Lake Association, the name translates roughly to ""English knifemen and Nipmuc Indians at the Border or Neutral Fishing Place" or "Englishmen at Manchaug at the Fishing Place at the Boundary."
The intrigue: The name has various spellings — the version on Daoud's spelling bee profile page includes four extra letters. The spelling used above is the most commonly accepted.
