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Southampton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 24 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located near head of Southampton Water; site of Roman & early Anglo-Saxon settlements; developed as important port after 11th-cen. Norman Conquest; embarkation point of Richard I during Crusades & Pilgrims leaving for America; bombed during WW II. |
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| Southampton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Antona meridionalis (H,O)
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| Clausentum (H,O)
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| Hamtune (H,O)
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| Hamwic (H,O)
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| Hamwih (H,O)
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| Hantona (H,O)
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| Hantone (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Hantune (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Southantonia (H,O)
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| Suhampton (H,O)
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| Suth-Hamtun (H,O)
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| Trisantonis portus (H,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient center |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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administrative headquarters of the unitary authority of the same name since 1997 |
| regional capital (C) |
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