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Monaco (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.7333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Small nation located on Mediterranean Riviera; area had Stone Age settlements; known to Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans; Genoese claimed it in 1191; Grimaldi family reign began in 1297 and continues today; generally has been allied with France; official language is French, though Italian is also spoken. |
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| Monaco (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Monaco (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Monaco (French-P,U,N)
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| Principauté de Monaco (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Múnegu (C,V,Monégasque-P,U,N)
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| Principatu de Múnegu (C,V,Monégasque,U,N)
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| Principality of Monaco (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Mónaco (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Principado de Mónaco (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Principato di Monaco (C,O,Italian,U,N)
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| Mônaco (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Монако (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Княжество Монако (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 摩纳哥 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 摩纳哥公国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| موناهو (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| إمارة موناهو (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| MCO (C,O,ISO3L)
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| MC (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO492 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| MN00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Monegasque (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Monacan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Monaguesque (C,V,French,U,A)
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| Monégasque (C,V,French,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent since 13th cen. (with the exception of a few periods), but has close ties to France |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| principality (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Monaco-Ville .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Monaco) [7011066] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1993 |
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