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Aegina (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 44 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7467 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 25 39 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.4275 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was center of major city-state & maritime power from pre-Dorian times; coined first Greek money; was leading commercial power in Greece until Athens surpassed it; Athens expelled inhabitants 431 BC; destroyed by Rome in 210 BC. |
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| Aíyina (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Aegina (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Aegina (Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Aigina (C,O)
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| Egina (C,O)
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| Aígina (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Αίγινα (NA,V,Greek,U)
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Aegina (island) (P) |
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Aegina (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited in ancient times |
| town (C) |
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