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Ísland (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 65 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 65.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 018 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -18.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises the island of the same name and surrounding islands, all of relatively recent geological origin. Norwegian farming and fishing communities were established here in the 9th century, during the Viking age of exploration, by a mixed Norse and Celtic population. Noted as the world's oldest democracy; a national assembly (Althing) was established in 930. It united with Norway in 1262, with Denmark in 1380. Was an independent kingdom in union with Denmark in 1918, it ended in 1944. The official language is Icelandic. |
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| Ísland (preferred,C,V,Icelandic-P,U,N)
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| Lýđveldiđ Ísland (C,V,O,Icelandic,U,N)
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| Lýdhveldidh Ísland (C,V,Icelandic,U,N)
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| Island (C,O)
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| Iceland (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Republic of Iceland (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Islande (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République d'Islande (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Islandia (C,O,Italian,U,N)
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| Islandia (Latin-P,U,N)
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| Islandia (Spanish-P,U)
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| República de Islandia (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Islândia (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Islanda (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| IJsland (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Исландия (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Исландия (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 冰岛 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 冰岛共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| آ سٌ يَدا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً آ سٌ يَدا (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| ISL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| IS (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO352 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Icelandic (C,O,English,U,A)
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| איסלנד (C,U,Hebrew )
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent since 1918 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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founded as independent entity 1918; established June 17, 1944 |
| island nation (C) |
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| kingdom (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Reykjavík .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Ísland, Höfuðborgarsvæði) [7006270] |
| distinguished from .... |
Ísland .......... (island) |
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(World, Europe, Ísland) [7030364] |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1946 |
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