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ID: 7008591
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Record Type: administrative |
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United Kingdom (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was inhabited by ancient Celtic-speaking peoples; invaded by Rome 55 BCE, Romans withdrew 410 CE; invaded by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, Danes and Normans; various parts have been united by England since the 11th century; was core of large empire 18th-20th century; official language is English, though Scottish Gaelic and Welsh are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| United Kingdom (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C,V,English,U,N)
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............ | adopted in 1927 |
| Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume-Uni (C,O)
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| Vereinigte Königreich (C,O)
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| Grossbritannien und Nordirland (C,O)
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| Reino Unido (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Verenigd Koninkrijk (C,O)
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| Regno Unito (C,O)
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| UK (C,V,ISO2L)
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| GBR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| ISO826 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| UK00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Britannia (H,O)
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| British (C,O,English,U,A)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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constituent countries joined the kingdom between 16th & 19th cen., with Northern Ireland as separate from Eire from 1925 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
| ................ |
(World) [7005615] |
| ................ |
since 1931 |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
| ................ |
(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1973 |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(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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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009 |
| Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009 |
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