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Crete (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled in Neolithic period; center of Minoan culture from 3rd millenium. BCE; traded with Egypt of 12th Dynasty; produced great palaces and Linear A pictographic script; declined after huge earthquake and explosion of Thera ca. 1500 BCE; then ruled by Greece. |
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| Kríti (preferred,C,V,Greek-P)
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| Periféreia Krítis (C,U,O,Greek (transliterated)-P)
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| Crete (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Crète (C,O,French)
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| Kreta (C,V,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Kreta (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Kreta (Dutch)
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| Kreta (German)
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| Kreta (Swedish)
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| Krete (C,V)
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| Kríti region (C,O,display)
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| Creta, Isla de (C,O)
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| Cretan (C,O)
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| GR60 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Region of Crete (C,U,English)
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| Περιφέρεια Κρήτης (C,U,Greek)
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| Κρήτη (C,U,Greek)
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| an Chréit (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Kreeta (C,U,Finnish)
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| إقريطش (C,U,Arabic)
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| 크리티 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| Candia (H,V)
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............ | Venetian name for the island, & for the city of Iraklion |
| Creta (H,V,Italian)
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............ | Roman |
| Creta (Romanian)
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| Creta (Spanish)
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Crete (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Crete (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| island (C) |
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