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Steinamanger (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.2333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 38 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.6333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located close to the frontier with Austria; founded by Claudius I in 43 CE at intersection of two Roman roads; became capital of Roman Pannonia in 3rd century; sacked by Huns in 5th century; noted as birthplace of St. Martin of Tours in ca. 315. |
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| Szombathely (preferred,C,V,Magyar (Hungarian),U,N)
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| Szombatnely (C,V)
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| Szombatehly (C,V)
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| Steinamanger (C,V,English-P)
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| Steinamanger (German,U,N)
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| Gyöngyöshermán (C,V)
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| Herény (C,V)
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| Kámon (C,V)
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| Olad (C,V)
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| Perint (C,V)
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| Zanat (C,V)
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| שטיינאמאנגר (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Sabaria (H,V)
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| Sarabia (H,V)
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| Savaria (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established as a Roman settlement |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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established by Maria Theresa of Austria in 18th cen. |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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