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Norway (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 62 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 62.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area inhabited by 5000 BCE; new migrants arrived 3000 BCE; contact with Roman-occupied Gaul 1st century; ruled by chieftans from 4th century, states established 9th century; Vikings colonized Greenland and North America 9-11th centuries; joined with Sweden and Denmark 1389-1814; official language is Norwegian, which is in use in 2 forms, Bokmål Norwegian, and Nynorsk Norwegian. |
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| Norge (preferred,C,V,Norwegian (Bokmål)-P,U)
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| Kongeriket Norge (C,V,O,Norwegian (Bokmål),U)
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| Noreg (C,V,Norwegian (Nynorsk)-P,U,N)
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| Kongeriket Noreg (C,V,O,Norwegian (Nynorsk),U,N)
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| Norway (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Kingdom of Norway (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Norvège (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume de Norvège (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Norwegen (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Noruega (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Reino de Noruega (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Noorwegen (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Norvegia (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Норвегия (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Норвегия (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 挪威 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 挪威王国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| انًرويج (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة انًرويج (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| NOR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| NO (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO578 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| NO00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Norwegian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| נורווגיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Nordweg (H,V)
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............ | original name, meaning "northern way" |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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first united under St. Olaf in 11th cen.; with separate constitution 1814, independent of Sweden 1905 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Oslo .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, Europe, Norway, Oslo) [7009573] |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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