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Rhode Island (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First European settlements were established by English colonists banished from Massachusetts in 1630s; attracted diverse population, including Quakers and Jews; fought in Revolution; long resisted ratification of the Constitution; was strongly pro-Union. |
Names: |
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| Rhode Island (preferred,C,V,English)
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............ | from Verrazano (1524, referring to its similarity to Rhodes, Greece) or from Block (1614, from Dutch for "red" color of soil) |
| Rhode Island (Italian)
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| Rhode Island (French)
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| Rhode Island (Spanish)
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| State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (C,V,English)
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............ | official name |
| RI (C,V,USPS)
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| Àlá mmírí Rhode (C,U,Igbo)
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| Ellan Rhode (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Erékùṣù Rhode (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Estado de Rhode Island (C,U,Spanish)
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| Ilha de Rodes (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Isoa de Rhode (C,U,Ligurian)
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| Little Rhody (C,U,English)
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| Loke ‘Ailana (C,U,Hawaiian)
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| Lò-tet-tó (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Oileán Rhode (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Pulu ning Rhode (C,U,Pampanga)
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| Rhode Īeg (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Rhode-Island (C,U)
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| Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations (C,U)
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| Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (C,U)
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| Rhode Island suyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Rhode Island suyu (Ayamará)
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| Rhodensis Insula (C,U,Latin)
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| Rod Ailandas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Rod Ailands (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Rodailenda (C,U,Latvian)
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| Rod Aylann (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Rod-Aylend (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Rod Aylend (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Rodé Arili Shitati (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Rode Qikiqtaq (C,U,Inupiaq)
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| Rod-Insulo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Rogue's Island (C,U)
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| Rogues' Island (C,U)
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| Roodt Eylandt (C,U)
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| Wóód Áalin Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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| Ynys Rhode (C,U,Cornish)
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| ရုဒ်အိုင်းလန်းပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| रोड आइलैण्ड (C,U,Hindi)
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| Род-Айленд (C,U,Tatar)
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| Род-Айленд (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Род-Айленд (Western Mari)
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| Род-Айленд (Russian)
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| Род-Айленд (Russia Buriat)
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| Род-Айленд (Chechen)
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| Род-Айленд (Kazakh)
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| Род-Айленд (Ukrainian)
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| Род-Айленд (Bashkir)
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| رودآیلند (C,U,Mazanderani)
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| Ռոդ Այլենդ (C,U,Armenian)
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| Род Айлэнд (C,U,Yakut)
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| 罗德岛 (C,U,Chinese, Wu)
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| როდ-აილენდი (C,U,Georgian)
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| رود آيلاند (C,U,Arabic)
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| ሮድ አይላንድ (C,U,Amharic)
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| Роуд Ајланд (C,U,Serbian)
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| ロードアイランド州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| রোড আইল্যান্ড (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| রোড আইল্যান্ড (Bengali)
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| ڕۆد ئایلەند (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| رود آیلند ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| ਰੋਡ ਟਾਪੂ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| रोड टापू (C,U,Pali)
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| ರೋಡ್ ಐಲೆಂಡ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Род Айлънд (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| รัฐโรดไอแลนด์ (C,U,Thai)
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| רוד איילנד (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ראוד איילענד (C,U,Yiddish)
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| Род Айленд (C,U,Chuvash)
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| रोड ऐलैंड (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| Рөүд-Айленд (C,U,Mongolian)
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| र्होड आयलंड (C,U,Marathi)
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| றோட் தீவு (C,U,Tamil)
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| ܪܘܕ ܐܝܠܐܢܕ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| रोड आइल्यान्ड (C,U,Nepali)
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| Штат Род-Айленд (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Род Ајленд (C,U,Macedonian)
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| റോഡ് ഐലൻഡ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| رہوڈز آئلینڈ (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| 羅德島州 (C,U,Chinese)
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| 羅德島州 (Chinese, Yue)
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| روڈ آئلینڈ (C,U,Urdu)
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| رود آیلند (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| رودآیلأند (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| Ρόουντ Άιλαντ (C,U,Greek)
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| رود ايلاند (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| Род Арл (C,U,Kalmyk)
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| 로드아일랜드 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since May 29, 1790 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Providence .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Rhode Island, Providence county) [7013952] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 5224323 |
| Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 5224323 |
| State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIX, 285 ff. |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 5224323 |
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