The GettyResearch Institute
Research Home Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
New Search Previous Page Help

Vernacular Display | English Display

Click the icon to view the hierarchy.

Semantic View (JSONJSONLDRDFN3/TurtleN-Triples)

ID: 1002551
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1002551

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kings (county)  Kings (county)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 073 57 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -73.9500  decimal degrees

Note: Brooklyn borough is coextensife with Kings County. Kings County was named in honor of King Charles II of England (1630-1685).

Names:
Kings (preferred,C,V)  ............ named for King Charles II
Kings county (C,O,display)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kings (county)  ................  Kings (county) (P)

Place Types:
county (preferred, C)
second level subdivision (C)

Related geographic places:
coextensive with ....  Brooklyn .......... (borough)
..............................  (World, North and Central America, United States, New York state, New York City) [7015822]

Sources and Contributors:
Kings..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36035150
Kings county..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36035150
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

New Search

Back to Top

Printer Friendly Version

The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust