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Kérkira (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 37 12 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.6200 decimal degrees |
| Long: 019 55 11 E degrees minutes |
Long: 19.9197 decimal degrees |
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Note: Corinthian colonists named the city for Gorgon, the mythological monster who was routed by the Corinthian Bellerophon; noted for its palace. |
Names: |
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| Kérkira (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kerkyra (C,V)
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............ | in use before 8th cen. BC, from a corruption of the name of Gorgon |
| Corcyra (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Korkyra (C,V)
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| Corfu (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Corfou (C,O)
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| Korfu (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kérkyra (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Κέρκυρα (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| קורפו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Drepane (H,V)
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............ | the pre-Corinthian name |
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Ionía Nísia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Kérkira (regional division) (P) |
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Kérkira (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was very ancient settlement |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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