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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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| Lützelburg (H,V)
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| Luxembourgeois (C,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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| 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) |
| ........................................ |
(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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