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Dominica (island) |
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: Island that lies between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante to the north and Martinique to the south. Territory of the nation of the same name. |
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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 |
| Dominique (C,O)
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| Dominican (C,O,English,U,A)
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Dominica .......... (nation) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7004641] |
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