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Christmas Island (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -10.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 105 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 105.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Island has no indigenous inhabitants; sighted in 1615 by Richard Rowe; named by Captain Mynors of British East India Company in 1643; Europeans arrived ca. 1650; annexed by Britain in 19th century; important for rich forests and as haven for various fauna. |
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| Christmas Island (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named on Christmas Day in 1643 |
| Christmas Island (Maltese)
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| Christmas Island (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Territory of Christmas Island (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Weihnachtsinsel (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| l'île Christmas (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Isla Christmas (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| KT (C,O,FIPS)
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| Božićna Ostrva (C,U,O,Bosnian)
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| Božićni Otok (C,U,Croatian)
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| Božični otok (C,U,Slovene)
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| Christmas Adası (C,U,Turkish)
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| Christmaseiland (C,U,Dutch)
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| Christmas, île (C,U,French)
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| Christmasøya (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Christmasøya (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Christmas uhartea (C,U,Basque)
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| Çristmas Adası (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Đảo Giáng Sinh (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Enez Christmas (C,U,Breton)
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| i-Christmas Island (C,U,Zulu)
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| Île Christmas (C,U,French)
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| Ilhas Natal (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Illa Christmas (C,U,Catalan)
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| Illa Christmas (Galician)
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| Insla da Christmas (C,U,Romansh)
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| Insula Christmas (C,U,Romanian)
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| Insula de Natal (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Isola di Christmas (C,U,Italian)
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| Jólaey (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Jólaeyja (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Jólaeyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Jólaoyggjin (C,U,Faroese)
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| Jõulusaar (C,U,Estonian)
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| Joulusaari (C,U,Finnish)
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| Juleøen (C,U,Danish)
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| Julön (C,U,Swedish)
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| Jul-qeqertaq (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Kalėdų sala (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Karácsony-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Kerseiland (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Kisiwa cha Krismasi (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Kristmas ƒudomekpo nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Motu Kilisimasi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Oileán na Nollag (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Pulau Christmas (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Territoire de l'Île Christmas (C,U,French)
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| Vánoční ostrovy (C,U,Czech)
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| Vianočný ostrov (C,U,Slovak)
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| Wyspa Bożego Narodzenia (C,U,Polish)
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| Ynys y Nadolig (C,U,Welsh)
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| Ziemsvētku sala (C,U,Latvian)
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| ക്രിസ്മസ് ദ്വീപ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| 圣诞岛 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ક્રિસમસ આઇલેંડ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Божићна острва (C,U,Serbian)
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| የገና ደሴቶች (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| Остров Кристмас (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ ଆଇଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (C,U,Odia)
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| የገና ደሴት (C,U,Amharic)
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| ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Острів Різдва (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| क्रिसमस द्वीप (C,U,Hindi)
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| შობის კუნძული (C,U,Georgian)
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| Νήσος Χριστουγέννων (C,U,Greek)
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| Калядаў востраў (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপ (C,U,Bengali)
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| Остров Рождества (C,U,Russian)
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| క్రిస్మస్ దీవి (C,U,Telugu)
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| جزيرة الكريسماس (C,U,Arabic)
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| क्रिष्टमस टापु (C,U,Nepali)
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| クリスマス島 (C,U,Japanese)
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| 크리스마스섬 (C,U,Korean)
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| เกาะคริสต์มาส (C,U,Thai)
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| جزیرهٔ کریسمس (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| איי כריסטמס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ခရစ်စမတ် ကျွန်း (C,U,Burmese)
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| கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தீவு (C,U,Tamil)
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| Божиќни Острови (C,U,Macedonian)
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| ख्रिसमस बेट (C,U,Marathi)
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| کرسمس آئلینڈ (C,U,Urdu)
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Place Types: |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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British from 19th cen., ceded to Australia in 1958 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| external territory (C) |
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| island (C) |
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| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Flying Fish Cove .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Christmas Island) [1098681] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Territoire de l'Île Christmas.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2078138 |
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