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Guinea-Bissau (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 12 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 12.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 015 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -15.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises archipelago and mainland marshy area; had agricultural settlements by 13th century; became tributary of Mali empire; Portuguese arrived in 1446; center in slave trade 17-18th centuries; rival claims of Portuguese, British, and French settled 19th-20th centuries; official language is Portuguese, though Criolo and numerous African languages are also spoken. |
Names: |
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Guiné-Bissau (preferred,C,V,Vietnamese)
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Guiné-Bissau (Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Républica da Guiné-Bissau (C,V,O,Portuguese,U,N)
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Guinea-Bissau (C,O,English-P,U,B)
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Guinea-Bissau (Indonesian)
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Guinea-Bissau (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Guinea-Bissau (Danish)
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Guinea-Bissau (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Guinea-Bissau (Finnish)
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Guinea-Bissau (Swedish)
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Guinea-Bissau (Romanian)
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Guinea-Bissau (Slovak)
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Guinea-Bissau (Spanish-P,U,B)
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Guinea-Bissau (Aragonese)
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Guinea-Bissau (Welsh)
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Guinea-Bissau (German)
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Guinea-Bissau (Low German)
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Guinea-Bissau (Czech)
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Guinea-Bissau (Galician)
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Guinea-Bissau (Italian)
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Guinea-Bissau (Estonian)
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Guinea-Bissau (Greenlandic)
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Guinea-Bissau (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Guinea-Bissau (Romansh)
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Guinea-Bissau (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Guinea-Bissau (North Ndebele)
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Guinea-Bissau (Norwegian)
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Guinea-Bissau (Pampanga)
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Guinea-Bissau (Northern Sami)
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Guinea-Bissau (Shona)
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Guinea-Bissau (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Republic of Guinea-Bissau (C,O,English,U,N)
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Guinée-Bissau (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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République de Guinée-Bissau (C,O,French,U,N)
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Гвинея-Бисау (C,O,Bulgarian)
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Гвинея-Бисау (Russian-P,U)
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Республика Гвинея-Бисау (C,O,Russian,U)
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几内亚比绍 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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几内亚比绍共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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غ اًَِ - ب سُاو (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً غ اًَِ - ب سُاو (C,O,Arabic,U)
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GNB (C,O,ISO3L)
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GW (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO624 (C,O,ISO3N)
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PU (C,O,FIPS)
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Guinean (Guinea-Bissauan) (C,O,English,U,A)
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Guinea-Bissauan (C,O,English,U,A)
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An Ghuine-Bhissau (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Bisau Gvinėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Bissau-Guinea (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Ghi-nê Bít-xao (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ghi-nê Bít xao (Guinea-Bissau) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ginɛbisau (C,U,Lingala)
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Gínea-Bissá (C,U,Icelandic)
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Ginea-Bissau (C,U,Tagalog)
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Ginea-Bissau (Basque)
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Ginea-Bissau (Breton)
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Ginea Bissau (C,U,Basque)
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Ginea-Bissaw (C,U,Maltese)
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Gine-Bisaawo (C,U,Fulah)
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Giné-Bisao (C,U,Malagasy)
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Giné-Bisau (C,U,Tetum)
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Ginebisau (C,U,Kikuyu)
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Ginebisau (Swahili (generic))
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Gine Bisawo (C,U,Bambara)
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Gine-Biso (C,U,Turkish)
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Gine-Biso (Fulah)
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Gine-Bissau (C,U,Turkish)
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Gine Bissau (C,U,Turkish)
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Gîne-Bissau (C,U,Kurdish)
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Gineya Bisawu (C,U,Rundi)
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Gineyän-Bisauän (C,U,Volapük)
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Gini-Bisaaw (C,U,Somali)
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Gini-Bisao nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Gini Bisau (C,U,Hausa)
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Gini Bisaw (C,U,Akan)
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Gini-Bisawu (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Gini-Bitau (C,U,Nauruan)
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Gninëe-Bisau (C,U,Sangho)
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Guinea Bisau (C,U,Albanian)
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Guinea Bisau (Swahili (generic))
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Guinea Bisau (Ido)
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Guinea-Bisáu (C,U,Asturian)
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Guinea-Bisau (C,U,Galician)
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Guinea Bissau (C,U,Indonesian)
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Guinea Bissau (Catalan)
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Guinea Bissau (Faroese)
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Guinea Bissau (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Guinèa Bissau (C,U,Occitan)
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Guinea-Bissáu (C,U,Spanish)
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Guinea Bissaviensis (C,U,Latin)
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Guine Bisau (C,U,Albanian)
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Guinê-Bissaou (C,U,Arpitan)
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Guiné Bissau (C,U,Portuguese)
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Guineea-Bissau (C,U,Romanian)
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Guinée Bissao (C,U)
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Guinee-Bissau (C,U,Dutch)
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Guinee-Bissau (Afrikaans)
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Guiné Portuguesa (C,U)
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Gvineja-Bisao (C,U,Bosnian)
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Gvineja-Bisau (C,U,Bosnian)
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Gvineja Bisau (C,U,Croatian)
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Gvineja-Bisava (C,U,Latvian)
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Gvineja Bissau (C,U,Slovene)
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Gvineo Bisaŭa (C,U,Esperanto)
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Gvineo-Bisaŭo (C,U,Esperanto)
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Gwinea Bissau (C,U,Polish)
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Gyni-Bissaw (C,U,Cornish)
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i-Guinea-Bissau (C,U,Zulu)
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Kini-Pisau (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Nginebisau (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Orílẹ́ède Gene-Busau (C,U,Yoruba)
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Província da Guiné (C,U)
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Qvineya-Bisau (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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República da Guiné-Bissau (C,U,Portuguese)
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ګوينې بېساو (C,U,Pashto)
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ກິວນີ-ບິສໂຊ (C,U,Lao)
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ギニアビサウ (C,U,Japanese)
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गीनी-बिसाउ (C,U,Hindi)
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கினி-பிஸ்ஸாவ் (C,U,Tamil)
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غينيا بيساو (C,U,Arabic)
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ហ្គីណេប៊ីសូ (C,U,Khmer)
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ቢሳዎ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ቢሳዎ (Amharic)
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Гвинея-Биссау (C,U,Russian)
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გვინეა-ბისაუ (C,U,Georgian)
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Гвинеја Бисао (C,U,Serbian)
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ประเทศกินี-บิสเซา (C,U,Thai)
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گینهٔ بیسائو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Гвінея-Біссау (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ጊኔ-ቢሳው (C,U,Amharic)
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Գվինեա-Բիսաու (C,U,Armenian)
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גיניאה-ביסאו (C,U,Hebrew )
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Гвинеја-Бисао (C,U,Serbian)
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Гвинеја-Бисао (Macedonian)
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גינאה ביסאו (C,U,Hebrew )
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기네비쏘 (C,U,Korean)
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กินี-บิสเซา (C,U,Thai)
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幾內亞比索 (C,U,Chinese)
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گۋىنېيە بىسسائۇ (C,U,Uyghur)
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گینه بیسائو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Гвинея Бисау (C,U,Tajik)
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Гвинея Бисау (Bulgarian)
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Γουινέα-Μπισσάου (C,U,Greek)
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Γουινέα-Μπισάου (C,U,Greek)
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Ґвінея-Бісау (C,U,Ukrainian)
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기니비사우 (C,U,Korean)
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Гвинеа-Биса (C,U,Macedonian)
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گینێ بیساو (C,U,Kurdish)
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Гвінея-Бісау (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ഗിനി-ബിസോ (C,U,Malayalam)
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ギニアビサウ共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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기네비소 (C,U,Korean)
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گوینیا-بیساو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Гвинеа-Бисау (C,U,Serbian)
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ಗಿನಿ-ಬಿಸ್ಸಾವ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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గినియా-బిస్సావ్ (C,U,Telugu)
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गिनी-बिसाउ (C,U,Marathi)
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गिनी-बिसाउ (Nepali)
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གྷི་ནི་ཡ་བིས྄་སོ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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गिनी-बिसाऊ (C,U,Hindi)
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กินีบิสเซา (C,U,Thai)
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גינאה־ביסאו (C,U,Hebrew )
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Гвінея-Бісаў (C,U,Belarusian)
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گنی بساؤ (C,U,Urdu)
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গিনি-বিসাউ (C,U,Bengali)
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ଗୁଇନିଆ-ବିସାଉ (C,U,Odia)
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ગિની-બિસાઉ (C,U,Gujarati)
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Guiné (H,V)
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Portuguese Guinea (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1974 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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Portuguese, 15th-20th centuries |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Bissau .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Bissau) [1092319] |
historical connection .... |
Kaabu .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8698191] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1974 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Ghi-nê Bít xao (Guinea-Bissau).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2372248 |
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