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Kos, Nísos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 027 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 27.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located off the Bodrum peninsula of SW Turkey; colonized by Dorians in very early times; fell to Persians in 6th century BCE; part of Delio-Attic league from 477 BC; subjugated by Rome in 2nd cen. BCE. |
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| Kos, Nísos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Cos (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Coo (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kos (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kos island (C,O,display)
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| Coo, Isola di (NA,V,Italian,U)
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| Isola di Coo (NA,V,Italian,U)
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| Istan-Keui (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| İstanköy (NA,V,Turkish (transliterated),U)
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| İstanköy Adası (NA,V,Turkish (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Kos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Stanchio (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| island (preferred, C) |
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settled in prehistoric times |
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