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Denmark (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 56 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 56.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The nation of Denmark occupies the Jutland Peninsula, extending northwards from the center of western Europe, and some 400 islands to the east of it. It is bounded by the North Sea to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, Germany to the south, and the strait between it and Norway and Sweden to the north. It measures some 16,639 square miles in area, not counting the independent territories of the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. The area was a seat of changing cultures in Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. From the ninth to the eleventh centuries, Danes took part in the Viking raiding, trading, and colonizing expeditions that shaped much of Europe. The kingdom of Denmark ruled much of the Baltic Sea in the 12th and 13th centuries. The boundaries of the kingdom changed often between the 14th and19th centuries, most recently in 1920. The late 19th century saw a time of depression in which Danish farmers established cooperatives and the rural population became highly literature as a result of the establishment of folk high schools. The Danish tradition of social cooperation and humane governmental institutions began around this time. Denmark was occupied militarily by Germany in World War II, but resisted with some success until the local government fell in 1943; organized resistance continued however until freedom in May of 1945. The official language is Danish, a derivative of Old Scandinavian, though English and German are also spoken. Agriculture is an important economic activity, with 60% of the land under intense cultivation, about half of that devoted to grains such as wheat and barley. The raising of sugar beets and of domestic livestock such as dairy cattle, poultry, and swine are also very important. Fishing is done in the North and Baltic Seas as well as in foreign waters far abroad. Mineral exploitation consists largely of the mining of granite, kaolin, and various clays used in the production of building materials. The major manufactures are of electronic equipment, paper, machinery and equipment, processed foods, footwear, clothing, and furniture. The capital city is Copenhagen on the island of Zeeland. The 2004 estimated population was 5,405,600. |
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| Danmark (preferred,C,V,Danish-P,U,N)
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| Danmark (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Danmark (Swedish)
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| Danmark (Hausa)
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| Danmark (Breton)
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| Danmark (Cornish)
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| Danmark (Faroese)
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| Danmark (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Danmark (Fulah)
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| Danmark (Norwegian)
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| Danmark (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Kongeriget Danmark (C,V,O,Danish,U,N)
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| Dänemark (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Dänemark (Bavarian)
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| Dänemark (Luxembourgish)
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| Denmark (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Denmark (Somali)
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| Denmark (Indonesian)
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| Denmark (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Denmark (Shona)
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| Denmark (Swahili (generic))
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| Kingdom of Denmark (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Danemark (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume du Danemark (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Dinamarca (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Dinamarca (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Dinamarca (Catalan)
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| Dinamarca (Aragonese)
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| Dinamarca (Asturian)
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| Dinamarca (Galician)
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| Reino de Dinamarca (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Denemarken (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Danimarca (C,O,Corsican)
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| Danimarca (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Danimarca (Sicilian)
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| Danimarca (Sardinian)
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| Danimarca (Piemontese)
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| Дания (C,V,Tajik)
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| Дания (Kazakh)
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| Дания (Bulgarian)
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| Дания (Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Дания (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 丹麦 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 丹麦王国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| الدّانمرك (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة الدّانمرك (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| DNK (C,O,ISO3L)
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| DK (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO208 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| DA (C,O,FIPS)
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| Danish (C,O,English,U,A)
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| דנמרק (C,U,Hebrew )
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| An Danmhairg (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| An Danmhairg (Scots Gaelic)
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| Däänmark (C,U,Low German)
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| Danän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Danemalaku (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Danemarc (C,U,Occitan)
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| Danemarc (Romansh)
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| Danemârc (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Danemarca (C,U,Romanian)
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| Danemarca (Ligurian)
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| Danemarka (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Danemarki (C,U,Bambara)
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| Danemêrke (C,U,Sangho)
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| Dánia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Dania (C,U,Latin)
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| Dania (Polish)
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| Dania (Ido)
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| Dania (Novial)
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| Dānija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Danija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Danimariki (C,U,Rundi)
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| Danimarka (C,U,Maltese)
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| Danimarka (Basque)
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| Danimarka (Albanian)
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| Danimarka (Turkish)
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| Danîmarka (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Danimarkë (C,U,Albanian)
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| Danio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Đan Mạch (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Danmak (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Danɛmarike (C,U,Lingala)
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| Danmarka (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Danmarka (Malagasy)
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| Danmarki (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Dánmárku (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Danmørk (C,U,Faroese)
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| Danmörk (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Dannemar (C,U)
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| Danska (C,U,Croatian)
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| Danska (Bosnian)
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| Danska (Slovene)
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| Danska (Upper Sorbian)
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| Dánsko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Dánsko (Czech)
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| Dansuyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Danujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Ḍēnamārka (C,U,Kashmiri)
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| Denemarcken (C,U,Dutch)
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| Denemark (C,U,Nauruan)
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| Denemark (Western Frisian)
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| Denemarke (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Denemarke (Limburgan)
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| Denemarrick (C,U,Pennsylvania German)
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| Denemearc (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Denimaaka (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Denmakhi (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Denmaki (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Denmaki (Swahili (generic))
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| Denmarc (C,U,Welsh)
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| Denmarki (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Denmark nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Dëńskô (C,U,Kashubian)
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| Dinamarca - Danmark (C,U,Galician)
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| Dinamarka (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Dinamarka (Ilocano)
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| Dinamarka (Tetum)
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| Dinamarka (Pampanga)
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| Dinamarka (Waray (Philippines))
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| Dɛnmak (C,U,Akan)
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| i-Denmark (C,U,Zulu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Dẹ́mákì (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Taani (C,U,Estonian)
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| Tanska (C,U,Finnish)
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| Tenimaʻake (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Yn Danvarg (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| ডেন্মার্ক (C,U,Bengali)
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| Данія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Данія (Belarusian)
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| דענמארק (C,U,Yiddish)
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| Дани (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Дани (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| ዴንማርክ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ዴንማርክ (Amharic)
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| Դանիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| ډنمارک (C,U,Pashto)
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| เดนมาร์ก (C,U,Thai)
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| ډېنمارک (C,U,Pashto)
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| ডেনমার্ক (C,U,Bengali)
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| डेनमार्क (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| डेनमार्क (Hindi)
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| डेनमार्क (Nepali)
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| دانمارک (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| دانمارک (Central Kurdish)
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| دانىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ประเทศเดนมาร์ก (C,U,Thai)
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| デンマーク (C,U,Japanese)
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| 덴마크 (C,U,Korean)
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| الدنمارك (C,U,Arabic)
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| டென்மார்க் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Данска (C,U,Serbian)
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| Данска (Macedonian)
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| ដាណឺម៉ាក (C,U,Khmer)
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| Δανία (C,U,Greek)
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| ܕܐܢܡܐܪܩ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| ເດນມາກ (C,U,Lao)
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| الدانمرك (C,U,Arabic)
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| དན་མྲག (C,U,Tibetan)
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| დანია (C,U,Georgian)
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| ഡെന്മാർക്ക് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ཌེན་མཱཀ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| ڈنمارک (C,U,Urdu)
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| ဒိန်းမတ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| డెన్మార్క్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| ଡେନମାର୍କ (C,U,Odia)
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| ཌེན་མཱརྐ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ಡೆನ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| डेन्मार्क (C,U,Marathi)
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| डेन्मार्क (Nepali)
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| ඩෙන්මාර්කය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| デンマーク王国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ડેનમાર્ક (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ഡെന്മാര്ക്ക് (C,U,Malayalam)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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first united by early Vikings; with current boundaries, since 1864 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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1849 |
| kingdom (C) |
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with a single king, 10th century |
| inhabited region (C) |
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before 10,000 BCE |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Copenhagen .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Denmark, Hovedstaden) [7003474] |
| historical connection .... |
North Sea Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Europe) [8711824] |
| member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1973 |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 584 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 595 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 167-168 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 237; 1:237 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 141 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 681 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XVII, 226 ff.; 17:226 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 167 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2623032 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 13 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 765; 777 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 53 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-25 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 48 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 11 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 325; 325-327 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F |
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