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Fiji (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -18.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 178 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 178.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises over 800 islands; area was settled by Austronesian-speaking people in 2nd millennium BCE; development of pottery by 1300 BCE; sighted by Dutch Tasman 1643, visited by British in 18th century; was haven for escaped convicts from Australia by 1804; official language is English, though most speak Bauan or Hindustani. |
Names: |
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| Fiji (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Fiji (Rundi)
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| Fiji (Somali)
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| Fiji (Vietnamese)
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| Fiji (Indonesian)
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| Fiji (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Fiji (Bambara)
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| Fiji (Danish)
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| Fiji (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Fiji (Swedish)
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| Fiji (Portuguese)
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| Fiji (Romanian)
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| Fiji (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Fiji (Catalan)
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| Fiji (Basque)
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| Fiji (Welsh)
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| Fiji (Hausa)
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| Fiji (Cornish)
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| Fiji (Dutch)
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| Fiji (Faroese)
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| Fiji (Greenlandic)
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| Fiji (Turkish)
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| Fiji (Occitan)
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| Fiji (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Fiji (Kikuyu)
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| Fiji (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Fiji (North Ndebele)
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| Fiji (Norwegian)
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| Fiji (Pampanga)
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| Fiji (Shona)
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| Fiji (Swahili (generic))
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| Fiji (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Republic of Fiji (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| Viti (C,V,Fijian-P,U,N)
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| Viti (Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Matanitu ko Viti (C,V,O,Fijian,U)
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| Fiji Islands (C,V,English)
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| Fidji (C,O,Malagasy)
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| Fidji (Breton)
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| Fidji (Afrikaans)
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| Fidji (French-P,U,N)
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| Fidji (Occitan)
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| Fidji (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Fidji (Ido)
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| République des Fidji (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República de Fiji (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Fidschi (C,O,German)
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| Fidschi (Low German)
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| Fidschi (Romansh)
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| Fidji-eilanden (C,O)
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| Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji (C,V)
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| Фиджи (C,V,Bulgarian)
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| Фиджи (Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Фиджи (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 斐济 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 斐济共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| ف جِي (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ف جِي (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| FJI (C,O,ISO3L)
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| FJ (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO242 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Fijian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| איי פיג'י (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Bidji (C,U,Nauruan)
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| Feeje (C,U)
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| Fichi (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Fici (C,U,Tatar)
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| Fici (Azerbaijani)
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| Ficiyuäns (C,U,Volapük)
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| Fìdi (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| FidĪi (C,U,Estonian)
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| Fidj·i (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Fídjieyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Fidsí (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Fidxi (C,U,Galician)
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| Fidyïi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Fidži (C,U,Croatian)
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| Fidži (Bosnian)
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| Fidži (Latvian)
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| Fidži (Finnish)
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| Fidži (Slovak)
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| Fidži (Slovene)
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| Fidži (Czech)
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| Fidži (Estonian)
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| Fidżi (C,U,Polish)
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| Fidzi (C,U,Lingala)
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| Fidzi nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Fidžis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Fidzsi (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Fidzsi-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Figgi (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Figi (C,U,Italian)
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| Fiġi (C,U,Maltese)
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| Fiĝioj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Fiĝoj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Figyi (C,U,Akan)
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| Fîjî (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Fiji-øerne (C,U,Danish)
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| Fijji (C,U,Fulah)
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| Fisi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Fixhi (C,U,Albanian)
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| Fixi (C,U,Galician)
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| Fiyi (C,U,Spanish)
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| Fiži (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Fuji (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| i-Fiji (C,U,Zulu)
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| Îles Fidji (C,U,French)
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| Insulae Vitienses (C,U,Latin)
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| Ishujt e Fildisht (C,U,Albanian)
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| Orílẹ́ède Fiji (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Phi-gi (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Piyi (C,U,Tagalog)
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| ฟิจิ (C,U,Thai)
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| فېجي (C,U,Pashto)
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| Фиџи (C,U,Serbian)
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| Фиџи (Macedonian)
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| फिजी (C,U,Marathi)
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| फिजी (Sanskrit)
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| फिजी (Hindi)
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| फिजी (Kashmiri)
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| फिजी (Nepali)
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| ფიჯი (C,U,Georgian)
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| فِجی (C,U,Urdu)
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| フィジー (C,U,Japanese)
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| ຟິຈິ (C,U,Lao)
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| פיג׳י (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Фіджі (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| ፊጂ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ፊጂ (Amharic)
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| 斐濟 (C,U,Chinese)
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| فیجی (C,U,Kurdish)
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| فیجی (Persian-Farsi)
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| ហ្វ៉ីហ្ស៉ី (C,U,Khmer)
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| פיגי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Фіджы (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Φίτζι (C,U,Greek)
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| ফিজি (C,U,Bengali)
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| فيجي (C,U,Arabic)
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| 피지 (C,U,Korean)
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| Ֆիջի (C,U,Armenian)
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| فىجى (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ประเทศฟิจิ (C,U,Thai)
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| फ़िजी (C,U,Hindi)
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| ફીજી (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ཕི་ཇི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ഫിജി (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ෆීජී (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ఫిజి (C,U,Telugu)
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| ஃபிஜி (C,U,Tamil)
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| ಫಿಜಿ (C,U,Kannada)
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| فجی (C,U,Urdu)
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| ଫିଜି (C,U,Odia)
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| ဖီဂျီ (C,U,Burmese)
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| Dominion of Fiji (H,V)
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............ | 1970-1987 |
| Republic of the Fiji Islands (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Fiji (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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in British Commonwealth, 1970; independent of Britain, 1987 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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by Britain, 19th-20th centuries |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Suva .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Fiji, Rewa) [1098709] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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withdrew in 1987; rejoined in 1997 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1970 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République des Fidji.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-11-06, III-06 REV |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 594 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 605 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 202-203 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 293; 1:293 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/00 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 773 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 252 |
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FDA Worksheet; unattributed contributor (1986-) |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2205218 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 14 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 766 |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-11-06, III-06 REV; 1991-11-06, III-5 REV |
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ISO Newsletter V-4 (2002) accessed 26 September 2007 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 9 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-31 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 50 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 396 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji |
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| English | .......... | [VP] |
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