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Luxembourg (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 49 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.7500 decimal degrees |
Long: 006 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Belgic Treveri tribe when Romans invaded 57 BCE; Germanic tribes invaded ca. 400; part of Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, and of Carolingian empire; ruled by counts of Luxembourg 11th century, by Burgundy 1440s; was part of Spanish Netherlands; languages are French (used for civil service, law and parliament) and German (used by the press), and spoken tongue is the Letzeburgish dialect (of Moselle Frankish origin). |
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Luxembourg (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,B)
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Luxembourg (French-P,U,B)
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Luxemburg (C,V,German-P,U,N)
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Großherzogtum Luxemburg (C,V,O,German,U)
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Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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Lëtzebuerg (C,V,Luxembourgish-P,U,N)
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Grousherzogdem Lëtzebuerg (C,V,Luxembourgish,U,N)
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Grossherzogtum Luxemburg (C,V,German,U,N)
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Gross-Herzogtum Luxemburg (C,V,German,U,N)
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Letzeburg (C,V,Luxembourgish,U,N)
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Lezebuurg (C,V)
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Letzebuerg (C,V)
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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (C,O,English,U,N)
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Luxemburgo (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Люксембург (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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Великое Герцогство Люксембург (C,O,Russian,U)
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卢森堡 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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卢森堡大公国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ىًسمبرغ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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دوك ةِ ىًسمبرغ ا ىًبرى (C,O,Arabic,U)
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LUX (C,O,ISO3L)
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LU (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO442 (C,O,ISO3N)
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LU00 (C,O,FIPS)
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Luxembourgeois (C,V)
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לוקסמבורג (C,U,Hebrew )
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Lützelburg (H,V)
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nation (preferred, C) |
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initially an independent entity under Siegfried in 963; granted political autonomy by Netherlands in 1838 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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constitutional monarchy (C) |
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countship (H) |
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first, under Conrad in 1060 |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Luxembourg .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg) [7006254] |
historical connection .... |
Austrian Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711668] |
historical connection .... |
Southern Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711669] |
historical connection .... |
Spanish Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711667] |
member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1958 |
member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 645 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 656 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 376-377; 377-378 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 539 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 865 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/00 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 576 ff. |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 17 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 780 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Geographic Atlas (1987) 153 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 49 |
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Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 20 January 2004 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 61 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-55 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 64 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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