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ID: 7002443
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Record Type: administrative |
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Wales (country) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally inhabited by Celts; not subdued by Rome; was stronghold for Britons & Celts against invading Anglo-Saxons in 5th cen. AD; repulsed Danish invasions 9th cen.; saw conflict with England from 11th cen. until Edward I of England gained control. |
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| Wales (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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............ | from Anglo-Saxon "Waelisc," meaning "foreign" & refering to native Brythonic Celts |
| Cymru (C,V)
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| Cimru (C,V)
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| Galles (C,O,English,U)
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| Gales (C,O)
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| Welsh (C,O)
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| Walsh (C,O)
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| Cambria (H,V)
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Wales (country) (P) |
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Wales (country) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| country (preferred, C) |
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area was first united in 9th cen.; has been politically joined with England since 1282 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| principality (C) |
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| area (C) |
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