A province of Vietnam.

For a considerable period of time.

Abbreviation of longitude.

simple past tense and past participle of long for

present participle of long for

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of long for

comparative form of long-lost: more long-lost

(colloquial, fairy tales) Used to add emphasis to the fact that the story takes place in the distant past.

Someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.

Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.