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Pelopónnisos (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area forming S part of mainland Greece; originally inhabited by Leges & Pelasgians, who may have built Mycenae and Tiryns; Achaeans arrived 14th century BCE; Dorians displaced them 12th century BCE; torn by Persian Wars 500 BCE and Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE. |
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| Pelopónnisos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated))
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| Pelopónnesos (C,V)
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| Peloponnesos (C,V)
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| Peloponnesus (C,V)
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| Peloponnisos (C,V,English)
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| Morea (C,V)
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............ | since 12th cen., refers to its shape like a mulberry leaf, from Latin "Morus" |
| Péloponnèse (C,O,French)
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| Peloponnes (C,O,German)
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| Peloponnese (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Pelopónnisos region (C,O,display)
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| Periféreia Peloponnísou (C,U,O,Greek (transliterated)-P)
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| GR62 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Peloponnísos (C,U,Greek)
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| Region of Peloponnisos (C,U,English)
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| Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου (C,U,Greek-P)
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| Πελοποννήσος (C,U,Greek)
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| Πελοπόννησος (C,U,Greek)
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| Peloponneso (C,U,Italian)
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| 펠로폰니소스 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| peninsula (C) |
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| meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
Pelopónnisos .......... (general region) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Pelopónnisos region, Argolís regional division) [7226273] |
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