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World
(facet)
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Europe
(continent)
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Adygeya
(republic) [
N
]
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Albania
(nation)
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Alemannia
(historical region)
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Alsace
(historical region)
....................
Alsace-Lorraine
(general region)
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Andalusia
(historical region)
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Andorra
(nation)
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Angevin Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Aragon
(historical region)
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Ardennes
(general region)
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Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Augustowski, Kanał
(canal)
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Aussig
(inhabited place)
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Austria
(nation)
....................
Austrian Netherlands
(historical region)
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Austrian Silesia
(historical region)
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Auvergne
(historical region)
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Baltic Countries
(general region)
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Banat
(general region)
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Bashkortostan
(republic) [
N
]
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Batavian Republic
(historical region)
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Belarus
(nation)
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Belgium
(nation)
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Belgorodskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Benelux Economic Union
(union)
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Bessarabia
(general region)
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Blowitz
(inhabited place)
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Bodenbach
(inhabited place)
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Bohmisch-Leipa
(inhabited place)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
(nation)
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Brabant
(historical region)
....................
Brandenburg
(general region)
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Breznice
(inhabited place)
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Brittany
(historical region)
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Bryanskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Budin
(inhabited place)
....................
Bukovina
(general region)
....................
Bulgaria
(nation)
....................
Camino de Santiago de Compostela
(road)
....................
Caput Adriae
(historical region)
....................
Caucasus
(general region) [
N
]
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Cedillo, Embalse de
(reservoir)
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Central Europe
(general region)
....................
Cerdagne
(general region)
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Chastov
(inhabited place)
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Chechnya
(republic) [
N
]
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Chiesch
(inhabited place)
....................
Chlistau
(inhabited place)
....................
Chuvashiya
(republic) [
N
]
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Croatia
(nation)
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Czechoslovakia
(general region)
....................
Czech Republic
(nation)
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Dacia
(historical region)
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Dagestan
(republic) [
N
]
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Daudleb
(inhabited place)
....................
Denmark
(nation)
....................
Deschenitz
(inhabited place)
....................
Deutsch-Luxemburgischer Naturpark
(park)
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Dobris
(inhabited place)
....................
Dobruja
(historical region)
....................
Donets Basin
(region (geographic))
....................
Durrmaul
(inhabited place)
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Eastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Eastern Rumelia
(region (administrative division))
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Edirne
(province) [
N
]
....................
English Pale, The
(general region)
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Epirus
(general region)
....................
Estonia
(nation)
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Etruria
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Europe
(continent)
....................
European Community
(association)
....................
European Union
(union)
....................
Euro Zone
(union)
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Faeroe Islands
(dependent state)
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Finland
(nation)
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First Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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First French Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Flanders
(former nation/state/empire)
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France
(nation)
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Frankish Kingdoms
(historical region)
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Franzenbad
(inhabited place)
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Friesland
(general region)
....................
Galicia
(general region)
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Gaul
(historical region)
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Gent naar Terneuzen, Kanaal van
(canal)
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German Democratic Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
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German Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Germany
(nation)
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Gibraltar
(dependent state)
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Glosau
(inhabited place)
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Goltsch-Jenikau
(inhabited place)
....................
Grand Duchy of Moscow
(former nation/state/empire)
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Grand Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Great Saint Bernard Tunnel
(tunnel)
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Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
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Greece
(nation)
....................
Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
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Guernsey
(dependent state)
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Habry
(inhabited place)
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Hainaut
(general region)
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Hanseatic League
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Hispania
(ancient region)
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Hispania Ulterior
(province)
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Holy See
(nation)
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Horelitz
(inhabited place)
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Hostoun
(inhabited place)
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Hungary
(nation)
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Iceland
(nation)
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Illyria
(general region)
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Ingria
(region (geographic))
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Ingushetia
(republic) [
N
]
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Ionia
(general region)
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Ireland
(nation)
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Iron Gate Reservoir
(reservoir)
....................
Isle of Man
(dependent state)
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İstanbul
(province) [
N
]
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Italy
(nation)
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Ivanovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Jan Mayen
(dependent state)
....................
Jersey
(dependent state)
....................
Joachimsthal
(inhabited place)
....................
Jungwoschitz
(inhabited place)
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Kabardino-Balkariya
(republic) [
N
]
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Kaliningradskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Kalmykiya
(republic) [
N
]
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Kaluzhskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn
(canal)
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Karachayevo-Cherkesiya
(republic) [
N
]
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Kardas-Recitz
(inhabited place)
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Karelia
(general region)
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Kareliya
(republic) [
N
]
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Khazar Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kingdom of Sicily
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
(former nation/state/empire)
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Kırklareli
(province) [
N
]
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Kirovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Klattau
(inhabited place)
....................
Kleinschuttuber
(inhabited place)
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Kleinzbeschitz
(inhabited place)
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Klettgau
(general region)
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Klimkovice
(inhabited place)
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Komi
(republic) [
N
]
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Komi-Permyatskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug
(former administrative division) [
N
]
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Koniggratz
(inhabited place)
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Kosovo
(independent nation)
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Kostromskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Krasnodarskiy Kray
(kray) [
N
]
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Krinec
(inhabited place)
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Kurschin
(inhabited place)
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Kurskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Kuttenplan
(inhabited place)
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Lapland
(general region)
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Latvia
(nation)
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Ledic
(inhabited place)
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Leningradskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Levant
(general region) [
N
]
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Liben
(inhabited place)
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Liechtenstein
(nation)
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Limburg
(general region)
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Limousin
(historical region)
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Lipetskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Lithuania
(nation)
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Litomysl
(inhabited place)
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Livonia
(general region)
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Lorraine
(historical region)
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<lost & found/Europe>
(miscellaneous)
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Low Countries
(general region)
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Lower Rhine
(historical region)
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Lower Trajan's Wall
(historic site)
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Luditz
(inhabited place)
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Luxembourg
(nation)
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Luxembourg
(general region)
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Luze
(inhabited place)
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Macedonia
(former nation/state/empire)
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Mad
(inhabited place)
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Malta
(nation)
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Malta Channel
(canal)
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Mariy-El
(republic) [
N
]
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Merovingian Kingdom
(historical region)
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Moesia
(province)
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Moldavia
(general region)
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Moldova
(nation)
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Monaco
(nation)
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Mont Blanc Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Mont Cenis, Tunnel du
(tunnel)
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Montenegro
(nation)
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Mordoviya
(republic) [
N
]
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Mosan
(general region)
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Moskovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Murmanskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Muskauer Park
(park)
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Narvskoye Vodokhranilishche
(reservoir)
....................
Navarre
(general region)
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Nenets
(autonomous district) [
N
]
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Netherlands
(nation)
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Nizhegorodskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Northern Europe
(general region)
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North Macedonia
(nation)
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North Ossetia
(republic) [
N
]
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North Sea Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Northwestern Europe
(general region)
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Norway
(nation)
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Novgorodskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Novi Pazar, Sanjak of
(former administrative division)
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Odyrsae
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Old Swiss Confederacy
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Orel
(oblast) [
N
]
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Orenburgskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Ostland
(occupied territory)
....................
Ostrogothic Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pannonia
(general region)
....................
Penzenskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Permskaya Oblast'
(former administrative division) [
N
]
....................
Poland
(nation)
....................
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pomerania
(general region)
....................
Portugal
(nation)
....................
Prussia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pskovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Rabnitz
(canal)
....................
Romania
(nation)
....................
Rostovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Ryazanskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Saimaan Kanava
(canal)
....................
Saint Petersburg
(autonomous city) [
N
]
....................
Samarskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
San Marino
(nation)
....................
Saratovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Sarmatia
(general region)
....................
Savoy
(historical region)
....................
Scandinavia
(general region)
....................
Scythia
(historical region) [
N
]
....................
Second Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Second Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Septimania
(historical region)
....................
Serbia
(nation)
....................
Serbia and Montenegro
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Serbian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Silesia
(historical region)
....................
Simplon Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Siofok
(inhabited place)
....................
Slovakia
(nation)
....................
Slovenia
(nation)
....................
Smolenskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Southeastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
South Flanders
(historical region)
....................
Soviet Union
(former nation/state/empire) [
N
]
....................
Spain
(nation)
....................
Spanish Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
Stânca-Costești, Lacul
(reservoir)
....................
Stavropol’skiy Kray
(kray) [
N
]
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Svalbard
(dependent state)
....................
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
(general region)
....................
Sweden
(nation)
....................
Swedish Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Switzerland
(nation)
....................
Tambovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Tatarstan
(republic) [
N
]
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Tekirdağ
(province) [
N
]
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Tende, Tunnel de
(tunnel)
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Teschen
(general region)
....................
Thrace
(historical region)
....................
Thule
(lost area)
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Thuringia
(historical region)
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Transpadane Republic
(historical region)
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Tsardom of Russia
(former nation/state/empire)
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Tul’skaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
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Tverskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Udlice
(inhabited place)
....................
Udmurtiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Ukraine
(nation)
....................
Uladh, Cúige
(general region)
....................
Ulster Canal
(canal)
....................
Ul’yanovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
United Kingdom
(nation)
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Upper Rhine
(historical region)
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Via Belgica
(route)
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Vladimirskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
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Volgogradskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Vologodskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Voronezhskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Weimar Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Western Europe
(general region)
....................
West Germany
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Westhoek
(general region)
....................
Yaroslavskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Yugoslavia
(former nation/state/empire)
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