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Isle of Anglesey (unitary authority) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in Irish Sea; was important religious center from ancient times; site of many Neolithic megalithic monuments; was last Druidic stonghold to be captured by Romans in 61 CE; Edward I of England conquered island in 1282. |
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| Anglesey (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Isle of Anglesey (C,V,English-P,U)
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| Ynys Môn (C,V,English,U)
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| Ynys Môn (Welsh-P,U,N)
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| Anglesea (C,V,English,U)
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| Angle's Eye (C,V,English,U)
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| Sir Ynys Môn (NA,V,O,Welsh,U)
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| UKX1 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Ynys Môn, Sir (NA,V,Welsh,U)
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| Anglesaga (H,O)
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| Mona (H,O,English,U)
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| Mona (Latin-P,U,N)
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| unitary authority (preferred, C) |
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since 1996 |
| county (C) |
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| second level subdivision (C) |
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| island (C) |
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had Neolithic settlements |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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