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Switzerland (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area settled in pre-Christian period; had Roman encampments 1st century; Germanic tribes invaded 3rd-6th century; ruled by Franks 9th century, Holy Roman Empire from 11th century; first confederation of cantons was established 13th century, others joined 14th-19th century; official languages are German, French and Italian, though Romansch (Rhaeto-Roman) is also a national language. |
Names: |
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| Schweiz (preferred,C,V,Danish)
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............ | name derived from Schwyz, one the original cantons in the core Confederation |
| Schweiz (Swedish)
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| Schweiz (German-P,U,N)
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| Schweizerishe Eidgenossenschaft (C,V,O,German,U,N)
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| Suisse (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| La Suisse (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Confédération suisse (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Confédération Suisse (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Confédération Helvétique (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Svizzera (C,V,Maltese)
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| Svizzera (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Confederazione Svizzera (C,V,O,Italian,U,N)
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| Confederazione Elvetica (C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Svizra (C,V,Romansh-P,U,N)
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| Svizzra (C,V,Romansh,U,N)
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| Confederaziun Svizra (C,V,O,Romansh,U,N)
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| Confederaziun Helvetica (C,V,Romansh,U,N)
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| Helvetia (C,O,Latin-P,U,N)
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............ | used since ancient times |
| Helvetia (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Helvetic Republic (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Switzerland (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Switzerland (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Switzerland (North Ndebele)
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| Switzerland (Shona)
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| Swiss Confederation (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Helvetic Confederation (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Suiza (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Confederación Suiza (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Zwitserland (C,O,Dutch)
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| Suíça (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Швейцария (C,O,Kazakh)
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| Швейцария (Bulgarian)
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| Швейцария (Russian-P,U)
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| Швейцарская Конфедерация (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 瑞士 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 瑞士联邦 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| سوسٌرا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| الاتحاد اسًوسٌري (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| CHE (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO756 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| SZ (C,O,FIPS)
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| Swiss (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Swiss (Indonesian)
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| Schwiz (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| שוויץ (C,U,Hebrew )
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| An Eilvéis (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Confoederatio Helvetica (C,U,Latin)
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| Elveția (C,U,Romanian)
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| isveçriya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| İsviçre (C,U,Turkish)
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| i-Switzerland (C,U,Zulu)
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| Ĩveits (C,U,Estonian)
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| Orílẹ́ède switiṣilandi (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Schweizi (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Soisa (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Soïssa (C,U,Occitan)
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| Suis (C,U,Breton)
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| Sûîsi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Suisilani (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Suïssa (C,U,Catalan)
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| Suissa (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Suitza (C,U,Basque)
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| Suíza (C,U,Galician)
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| Suwiis (C,U,Fulah)
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| Suwisi (C,U,Bambara)
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| Suwizalan (C,U,Hausa)
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| Svájc (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Švajcarska (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Švajčiarsko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Šveica (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Šveicarija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Šveice (C,U,Latvian)
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| Sveis (C,U,Faroese)
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| Sveits (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Sveits (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Šveits (C,U,Estonian)
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| Sveitsi (C,U,Finnish)
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| Švica (C,U,Slovene)
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| Švicarska (C,U,Croatian)
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| Sviss (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Svisujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Švýcarsko (C,U,Czech)
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| Swetzaland (C,U,Akan)
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| Swiiserlaand (C,U,Somali)
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| Swisɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Swise (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Switizirandi (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Switserland (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Switzerland nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Szwajcaria (C,U,Polish)
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| Thụy Sĩ (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Ubusuwisi (C,U,Rundi)
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| Uswisi (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Uswisi (Swahili (generic))
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| Y Swistir (C,U,Welsh)
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| Zvicër (C,U,Albanian)
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| ስዊዘርላንድ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ስዊዘርላንድ (Amharic)
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| سوئیس (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்து (C,U,Tamil)
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| Швейцарія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| سويسرا (C,U,Arabic)
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| Швајцарија (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Շվեյցարիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| שווייץ (C,U,Hebrew )
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| سویس (C,U,Pashto)
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| Швајцарска (C,U,Serbian)
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| スイス (C,U,Japanese)
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| སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| সুইজর্লণ্ড (C,U,Bengali)
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| შვეიცარია (C,U,Georgian)
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| 스위스 (C,U,Korean)
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| ស្វីស (C,U,Khmer)
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| สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (C,U,Thai)
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| स्विस (C,U,Hindi)
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| ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (C,U,Lao)
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| スイス連邦 (C,U,Japanese)
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| స్విట్జర్లేండ్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Ελβετία (C,U,Greek)
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| स्विटज़रलैंड (C,U,Hindi)
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| سویسرا (C,U,Kurdish)
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| سوئٹزر لینڈ (C,U,Urdu)
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| Швейцарыя (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ཧྲུད་ཧྲི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| સ્વિટ્ઝર્લૅન્ડ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| সুইজারল্যান্ড (C,U,Bengali)
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| ဆွစ်ဇလန် (C,U,Burmese)
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| स्वित्झर्लंड (C,U,Marathi)
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| स्विजरल्याण्ड (C,U,Nepali)
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| ස්විස්ටර්ලන්තය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ಸ್ವಿಡ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| സ്വിറ്റ്സര്ലാന്ഡ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ସ୍ବିଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (C,U,Odia)
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| Confederatio Helvetica (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Helvetica, Confederatio (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Rhaetia (H,V)
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| Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (H,V,German,U)
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| Suisse, Confédération (H,V,French,U)
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| Svizra, Confederaziun (H,V,Romansh,U)
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| Svizzera, Confederazione (H,V,Italian,U)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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Swiss Confederation of area smaller than modern nation was created in 1291; 22 cantons in confederation since 1815, adopted federal constitution 1848 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Bern .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Switzerland, Bern canton) [7007557] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 2002 |
| successor of .... |
Old Swiss Confederacy .......... (former group of nations/states/cities) |
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(World, Europe) [8698294] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 708 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 723 |
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Brockhaus, Deutsche Kunst (1916) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 625-627 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 842 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 449 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 1003 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2658434 |
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Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983) |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 21 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 784 |
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ISO Newsletter (1993) 38 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2554390 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 83 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 66 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345; 354 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 82 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 36 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1173 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland |
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