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ID: 1000226
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Record Type: administrative |
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New Zealand (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 174 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 174.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises mountainous islands; Polynesian settlements 1st cen. BCE, Maoris of SE Asia mid-14th cen.; charted by Dutch Tasman 1642, by British Cook 1769; colonized by European whalers & missionaries; wars between British immigrants & Maoris mid-19th cen.; official languages are English & Maori. |
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| New Zealand (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,B)
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| Aotearoa (C,V,Maori-P,U,N)
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| Nieuw-Zeeland (C,O)
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| Neuseeland (C,O)
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| Nouvelle-Zélande (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Nouvelle Zélande (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Nueva Zelandia (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Nova Zelândia (C,O)
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| NZL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| NZ (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO554 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| NZ00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| New Zealand, Dominion of (NA,V)
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| Dominion of New Zealand (H,V)
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............ | established 1907 |
| Nieuw Zeeland (H,O)
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| Staten Landt (H,O)
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............ | named by Tasman in 1642 |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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autonomous since 1947 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| inhabited region (C) |
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before 1st century BCE |
| colony (H) |
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British, 1840-1907 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
| ................ |
(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1931 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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