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ID: 7004771
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Record Type: administrative |
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Grenada (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 07 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 12.1167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 061 40 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally inhabited by Arawaks, who were wiped out by the Caribs; sighted by Columbus in 1498; Caribs were ousted by French settlers from Martinique in mid-17th cen.; ceded to Britain in 1783; Africans were brought here as slaves, emancipated in 1833; official language is English, though French patois is also widely spoken. |
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| Grenada (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Grenade (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Granada (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Isle of Spice (C,V)
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| GRD (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GD (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO308 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| GJ00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Grenadian (C,O)
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| Granadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained full independence from Britain in 1974 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1974 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1974 |
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