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Al Baḥrayn (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 26 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 26.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 050 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 50.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises several low-lying islands; area was flourishing Dilman center by 2000 BCE; occupied by Portuguese 16th century, by Arab subjects of Persia 17th-18th centuries; ruled by member of Kuwait family from 1782; British defense responsibility 19th-20th centuries; official language is Arabic, though English, Farsi and Urdu are also spoken. |
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| Al Baḥrayn (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U)
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| Al-Baḥrayn (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Mamlakat al Baḥrayn (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Dawlat al-Baḥrayn (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al-Bahrayn (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al Bahrayn (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | meaning "Kingdom of the Two Seas" |
| Bahrain (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Kingdom of Bahrain (C,O)
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| Bahrein (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Reino de Bahrein (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Bahreïn (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume de Bahreïn (C,O,French,U)
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| État de Bahreïn (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Бахрейн (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Бахрейн (C,V)
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| ا بًحرٍن (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة ا بًحرٍن (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| 巴林 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 巴林王国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| BHR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO048 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Bahraini (C,O,English,U,A)
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| בחריין (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Aval (H,V)
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| Awal (H,V)
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| State of Bahrain (H,O)
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| Tylos (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Tyros (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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member of United Nations since 1971 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Portuguese, 1521-1602; Persian, 1602-1783; defended by Britain, 1820-1971 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Al Manāmah .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Al Baḥrayn, Al ‘Āşimah) [7000690] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1971 |
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