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Canada (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 60 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 60.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 096 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -96.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by ancestors of Amerindians and Inuit in Upper Palaeolithic or earlier; evolved diverse cultures over vast area; Norse settlements by 1000 CE; English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese claimed territory from the 16th century; under British control from 1759; official languages are English and French. |
Names: |
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| Canada (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | derived from Amerindian word for "settlement" |
| Canada (French-P,U,N)
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| Kanada (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Canadá (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Канада (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| 加拿大 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| ويدا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| CAN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CA (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO124 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Canadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Kwakiutl (C,U,English)
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| קוואקיוטל (C,U,Hebrew )
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| קנדה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| דרבנט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| קובה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Central-West Africa (C,U,English)
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| מרכז-מערב אפריקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Caspian region (C,U,English)
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| האזור הכספי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Inuk (C,U,English)
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| אינוק (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Nuu Cha Nulth (C,U,English)
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| ניו צ'ה נולט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Canada, Dominion of (H,V)
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............ | after 1867 |
| Derbent (H,U,English)
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| Dominion of Canada (H,V)
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............ | after 1867 |
| Kuba (H,U,English)
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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confederation established in 1867; gained control of its constitution from Britain in 1982 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| inhabited place (C) |
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| region (geographic) (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Ottawa .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Canada, Ontario) [7013088] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1931 |
| 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 |
| successor of .... |
British North America .......... (former territory/colony/dependent state) |
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(World, North and Central America) [8711660] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 568-569 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 578 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 112-113 |
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Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-) |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 148-150 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 337 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 784 ff.; II, 784-786 |
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 12 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 777 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives of Canada database (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 44 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 210-213 |
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