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ID: 1002551
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1002551
Record Type:
administrative
Kings (county)
Coordinates:
Lat: 40 39 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 40.6500
decimal degrees
Long: 073 57 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -73.9500
decimal degrees
Note:
Brooklyn borough is coextensife with Kings County. Kings County was named in honor of King Charles II of England (1630-1685).
Names:
Kings
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for King Charles II
Kings county
(
C
,
O
,
display
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
New York
(state) (
P
)
................
Kings
(county) (
P
)
Place Types:
county (
preferred
,
C
)
second level subdivision (
C
)
Related geographic places:
coextensive with ....
Brooklyn
.......... (borough)
..............................
(World, North and Central America, United States, New York state, New York City) [7015822]
Sources and Contributors:
Kings..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36035150
Kings county..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36035150
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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