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Náxos, Nísos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 35 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was colonized by Athens when it tried to secede from the Delian League in 5th cen. BC; was residence of dukes under Venice 1207-1566; captured by Ottoman Empire. |
Names: |
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| Náxos, Nísos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Náxos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Naxos (C,V)
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| Naxia (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Náxos island (C,O,display)
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| Dia (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Naksos, Nisos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nisos Naksos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Náxos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Cyclades (regional division) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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inhabited in ancient times; part of modern Greece since 1829 |
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