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Dominica (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 15 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 061 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises a mountainous island of the same name; earliest known inhabitants were Arawaks, later driven out by Caribs; sighted by Columbus in 1493; settled by French 18th century; awarded to Britain 1783; Caribs died or were deported; Africans brought as slaves in 18th century; official language is English, though French is also widely spoken. |
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Dominica (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named by Columbus in 1493, after the day of the week (Sunday) on which he sighted it |
Dominica (Vietnamese)
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Dominica (Danish)
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Dominica (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Dominica (Finnish)
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Dominica (Swedish)
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Dominica (Portuguese)
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Dominica (Romanian)
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Dominica (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Dominica (Catalan)
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Dominica (Aragonese)
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Dominica (Asturian)
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Dominica (Welsh)
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Dominica (German)
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Dominica (Low German)
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Dominica (Breton)
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Dominica (Dutch)
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Dominica (Galician)
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Dominica (Italian)
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Dominica (Estonian)
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Dominica (Greenlandic)
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Dominica (Scots)
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Dominica (Occitan)
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Dominica (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Dominica (Romansh)
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Dominica (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Dominica (Norwegian)
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Dominica (Pampanga)
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Dominica (Northern Sami)
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Dominica (Shona)
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Dominica (Swahili (generic))
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Dominica (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Dominca, Commonwealth of (C,V)
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Commonwealth of Dominica (C,V,O,English)
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Dominique (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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Dominique, Commonwealth de (C,V,French,U)
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Commonwealth de Dominique (C,O,French,U)
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Dominique, Commonwealth de la (C,V,French,U)
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Commonwealth de la Dominique (C,O,French,U,N)
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Dominica, Commonwealth de (C,V,Spanish,U)
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Commonwealth de Dominica (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Доминика (C,O,Tatar)
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Доминика (Bashkir)
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Доминика (Serbian)
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Доминика (Macedonian)
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Доминика (Chechen)
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Доминика (Kazakh)
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Доминика (Kyrgyz)
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Доминика (Bulgarian)
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Доминика (Russian-P,U)
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Доминика (Yakut)
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Доминика (Russia Buriat)
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Доминика (Western Mari)
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Содружество Доминики (C,O,Russian,U)
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多米尼克 (C,O,Chinese, Yue)
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多米尼克 (Chinese-P,U)
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多米尼克国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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دوم يِكَا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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كميوثً دوم يِكَا (C,O,Arabic,U)
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DMA (C,O,ISO3L)
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DM (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO212 (C,O,ISO3N)
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DO (C,O,FIPS)
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Dominican (C,O,English,U,A)
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Доминикæ (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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Colony of Dominica (C,U)
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Damóo Bikéyah (C,U,Navajo)
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Dɔmeneka (C,U,Akan)
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Dɔminiki (C,U,Bambara)
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Doiminice (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Doiminicia (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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Domeenika (C,U,Somali)
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Domenica (C,U,Arpitan)
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Domiinika (C,U,Northern Frisian)
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Dominik (C,U,Turkish)
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Dominik (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Dominik (Veps)
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Dominika (C,U,Rundi)
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Dominika (Rwanda)
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Dominika (Wolof)
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Dominika (Somali)
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Dominika (Sunda)
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Dominika (Tagalog)
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Dominika (Nauruan)
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Dominika (Malagasy)
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Dominika (Maltese)
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Dominika (Turkish, Crimean)
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Dominika (Uzbek)
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Dominika (Igbo)
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Dominika (Indonesian)
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Dominika (Javanese)
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Dominika (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Dominika (Azerbaijani)
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Dominika (Croatian)
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Dominika (Bosnian)
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Dominika (Latvian)
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Dominika (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Dominika (Polish)
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Dominika (Slovak)
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Dominika (Slovene)
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Dominika (Basque)
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Dominika (Hausa)
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Dominika (Albanian)
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Dominika (Breton)
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Dominika (Cornish)
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Dominika (Czech)
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Dominika (Afrikaans)
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Dominika (Faroese)
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Dominika (Lithuanian)
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Dominika (Turkish)
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Dominika (Dimli)
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Dominika (Lower Sorbian)
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Dominika (Western Frisian)
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Dominika (Fulah)
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Dominika (Upper Sorbian)
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Dominika (Kikuyu)
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Dominika (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Dominika (Swahili (generic))
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Dominika (Central Bikol)
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Dominika (Ido)
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Dominika (Novial)
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Dominika (Pitcairn-Norfolk)
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Dòmíníkà (C,U,Yoruba)
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Dóminíka (C,U,Icelandic)
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Domínika (C,U,Tetum)
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Dömïnîka (C,U,Sangho)
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Dominikai Közösség (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Dominika nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Dominikë (C,U,Albanian)
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Domínike (C,U,Lingala)
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Dominikeän (C,U,Volapük)
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Dominikha (C,U,North Ndebele)
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Dominiko (C,U,Esperanto)
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Důmińika (C,U,Silesian)
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Duminika (C,U,Quechuan)
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Duminika (Ayamará)
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Duminiku (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Duomėnėka (C,U,Samogitian)
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i-Dominica (C,U,Zulu)
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IDomonokha (C,U,Swati (Swazi))
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Orílẹ́ède Dòmíníkà (C,U,Yoruba)
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Presidency of Dominica (C,U)
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State of Dominica (C,U)
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Tô-mí-nì-kâ (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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Tominika (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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ডোমিনিকা (C,U,Bengali)
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ডোমিনিকা (Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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Δομινίκα (C,U,Greek)
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Остров Доминика (C,U,Russian)
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Домінік (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ਡੋਮਿਨਿਕਾ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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დომინიკა (C,U,Mingrelian)
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დომინიკა (Georgian)
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डोमिनिका (C,U,Marathi)
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डोमिनिका (Hindi)
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डोमिनिका (Nepali)
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डोमिनिका (Newari)
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ಡೊಮಿನಿಕ (C,U,Kannada)
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Դոմինիկա (C,U,Armenian)
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Доминике (C,U)
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Ντομίνικα (C,U,Greek)
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Доминикин Ниицән (C,U,Kalmyk)
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دومینیکا (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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دومینیکا (Persian-Farsi)
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डोमोनिका (C,U,Sanskrit)
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डोमोनिका (Pali)
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도미니카 연방 (C,U,Korean)
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דומיניקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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ޑޮމިނިކާ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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Домініка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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도미니카 (C,U,Korean)
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டொமினிக்கா (C,U,Tamil)
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ڈومینیکا (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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ڈومینیکا (Urdu)
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ដូមីនីកា (C,U,Khmer)
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ዶመኒካ (C,U,Amharic)
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دۆمینیکا (C,U,Kurdish)
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دۆمینیکا (Central Kurdish)
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ዶሚኒካ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ዶሚኒካ (Amharic)
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ডোমিন্ইকা (C,U,Bengali)
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डॉमिनिका (C,U,Marathi)
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دومينيكا (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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دومينيكا (Arabic)
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ഡൊമനിക്ക (C,U,Malayalam)
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ประเทศดอมินีกา (C,U,Thai)
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ཌོ་མི་ནི་ཀ (C,U,Tibetan)
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ଡୋମିନିକା (C,U,Odia)
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ໂດເມນິກາ (C,U,Lao)
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டொமினிகா (C,U,Tamil)
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ドミニカ国 (C,U,Japanese)
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ဒိုမီနီကာနိုင်ငံ (C,U,Burmese)
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โดมินิกา (C,U,Thai)
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دومىنىكا (C,U,Uyghur)
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డోమెనిక (C,U,Telugu)
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ဒိုမီနီကာ (C,U,Burmese)
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ڈومنیکا (C,U,Urdu)
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ཌོ་མིན་ནི་ཀ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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ડોમિનિકા (C,U,Gujarati)
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ഡൊമിനിക്ക (C,U,Malayalam)
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ଡୋମିନାକା (C,U,Odia)
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ಡೊಮಿನಿಕಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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Дамініка (C,U,Belarusian)
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डोमिनिक (C,U,Hindi)
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دومینیک (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence from Britain in 1978 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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island nation (C) |
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colony (H) |
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British, 1805-1978 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Roseau .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Dominica, Saint George) [1016462] |
distinguished from .... |
Dominica .......... (island) |
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(World, North and Central America, Dominica) [7030369] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1978 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1978 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Commonwealth de la Dominique.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 778 |
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