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Comores (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 10 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -12.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 044 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises most of Comoro group of volcanic islands; Arabs arrived in the 17th century and then immigrants from Madagascar, Indonesia, Iran, and Bantu-speakers from Africa; was secured by French in 1886; all but Mayotte became independent in 1975; official languages are French and Arabic, though Comorian Swahili is also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Comores (preferred,C,V,Vietnamese)
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| Comores (Portuguese)
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| Comores (Catalan)
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| Comores (Asturian)
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| Comores (French-P,U,N)
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| Comores (Galician)
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| Comores (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Union des Comores, l' (C,V,O,French,U)
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| Union des Comores (C,V,French,U,N)
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| L'Union des Comores (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Juzur al Qamar (C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U)
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| Jumhūriyyat al Qamar al Muttaḩidah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Juzur al-Qamar (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Juzur al-Qumur (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Jumhurīyat al-Qumur al-Ittihādīyah al-Islāmīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Komori (C,V,Croatian)
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| Komori (Bosnian)
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| Komori (Slovene)
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| Komori (Kiswahili-P,U,N)
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| Komori (Comorian-P,U)
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| Komori (Swahili (generic))
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| Komori (Ido)
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| Udzima wa Komori (C,V,O,Kiswahili,U,N)
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| Udzima wa Komori (Comorian,U)
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| Al Qamar (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al-Qumur (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Comoros (C,V,LC,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Comoros (Vietnamese)
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| Comoros (Romanian)
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| Comoros (Welsh)
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| Comoros (Icelandic)
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| Comoros (Estonian)
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| Comoros (Turkish)
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| Comoros (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Comoros (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Union of the Comoros (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Comoro Islands (C,O,English,U,N)
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| État comorien (C,V,French,U,N)
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| République fédérale islamique des Comores (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros (C,O)
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| Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Komoren (C,V,German-P,U,N)
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| Komoren (Low German)
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| Comoras (C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Comoras (Aragonese)
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| Comoras (Romansh)
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| Comoras (Pampanga)
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| جزر ا لًمر (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ا لًمر المخحدة (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Коморские Острова (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Союз Коморских Островов (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 科摩罗 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 科摩罗联盟 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| COM (C,O,ISO3L)
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| KM (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO174 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CN (C,O,FIPS)
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| Comorian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Al Qumur (C,U)
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| Bizinga by'eKomoro (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Cô-mô (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Cô-mô (Comoros) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Comòras (C,U,Occitan)
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| Comore (C,U,Romanian)
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| Comore (Afrikaans)
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| Comore (Italian)
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| Comore (Limburgan)
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| Comore-eilande (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Comoren (C,U,Dutch)
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| Comorerne (C,U,Danish)
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| Comores (Archipel) (C,U,French)
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| Comore-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Comòros (C,U,Occitan)
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| Comorosu (C,U,Igbo)
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| Comor-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| État Comorien (C,U,French)
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| Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (C,U,English)
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| i-Comoros (C,U,Zulu)
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| Ilhas Comores (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Insulae Comorianae (C,U,Latin)
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| Ittiḩad al Qamar (C,U)
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| Izinga rya Komore (C,U,Rundi)
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| Jumhūrīyat al Qamar al Muttaḩidah (C,U)
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| Jumhūrīyat al Qumur al Ittiḩādīyah al Islāmīyah (C,U)
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| Jumhūrīyat Juzur al Qamar al Ittiḩādīyah al Islāmīyah (C,U)
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| Jumhūrīyat Juzur al Qamar al Muttaḩidah (C,U)
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| Khomoro (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Kɔmɔrɔs (C,U,Akan)
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| Kômaoro (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Komolosi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Komoor (C,U,Fulah)
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| Komoorid (C,U,Estonian)
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| Komooros (C,U,Somali)
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| Komor (C,U,Turkish)
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| Komorɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Komorai (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Komorane (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Komore (C,U,Albanian)
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| Komoreak (C,U,Basque)
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| Komorene (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Komorene (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Komorene (Norwegian)
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| Komorerna (C,U,Swedish)
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| Komoret (C,U,Albanian)
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| Kómoreyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Komorez (C,U,Breton)
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| Komorit (C,U,Finnish)
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| Komorlar (C,U,Turkish)
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| Komoro (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Komoro (Kikuyu)
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| Komoro (Shona)
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| Komoro (Swahili (generic))
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| Kömôro (C,U,Sangho)
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| Komoroj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Komorooyggjarnar (C,U,Faroese)
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| Komoros (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Komoros (Maltese)
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| Komoros (Indonesian)
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| Komoros (Azerbaijani)
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| Komoros (Turkish)
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| Komoros nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Komorosullot (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Komorot (C,U,Nauruan)
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| Komorska Ostrva (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Komoru (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Komoruäns (C,U,Volapük)
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| Komoru salas (C,U,Latvian)
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| Komory (C,U,Polish)
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| Komory (Slovak)
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| Komory (Czech)
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| Komorys (C,U,Cornish)
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| Komɔri (C,U,Bambara)
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| Kwamoras (C,U,Hausa)
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| Las Comoras (C,U)
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| Oileáin Chomóra (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Orílẹ́ède Kòmòrósì (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Republic of the Comoros (C,U,English)
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| République des Comores (C,U,French)
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| République Fédérale et Islamique des Comores (C,U,French)
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| République Fédérale Islamique des Comores (C,U,French)
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| Territory of the Comoro Islands (C,U)
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| Visiwa vya Komoro (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Коморски острови (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| कोमोरस (C,U,Hindi)
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| コモロ (C,U,Japanese)
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| Коморы (C,U,Russian)
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| 葛摩 (C,U,Chinese)
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| קומורוס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Коморські острови (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| कोमोरोस (C,U,Marathi)
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| कोमोरोस (Sanskrit)
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| कोमोरोस (Hindi)
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| कोमोरोस (Nepali)
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| Коморські Острови (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Комори (C,U,Serbian)
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| Комори (Bulgarian)
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| Комори (Ukrainian)
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| Коморос (C,U,Serbian)
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| Коморос (Macedonian)
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| ኮሞሮስ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ኮሞሮስ (Amharic)
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| 코모로 (C,U,Korean)
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| کومورو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| جزر القمر (C,U,Arabic)
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| Коморска Острва (C,U,Serbian)
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| คอโมโรส (C,U,Thai)
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| কোমোরোস (C,U,Bengali)
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| جمهورية جزرالقمر المتحدة (C,U,Arabic)
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| კომორის კუნძულები (C,U,Georgian)
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| קומורו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| کومور (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| កុំម៉ូរ៉ូស (C,U,Khmer)
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| کوموروس (C,U,Pashto)
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| کوموروس (Urdu)
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| جمهورية جزر القمر الاتحادية الإسلامية (C,U,Arabic)
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| جمهورية القمر المتحدة (C,U,Arabic)
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| إتَّحَاد اَلْقَمَر (C,U,Arabic)
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| Ҷазираҳои Комор (C,U,Tajik)
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| اتحاد جزر القمر (C,U,Arabic)
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| ໂຄໂມຣອດ (C,U,Lao)
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| கோமரோஸ் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Κομόρες (C,U,Greek)
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| كومور ئاراللىرى (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Коморскі острови (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Կոմորոս (C,U,Armenian)
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| 코모로스 (C,U,Korean)
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| കോമറോസ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Коморски о-ви (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ಕೊಮೊರೊಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Каморскія Астравы (C,U,Belarusian)
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| కొమొరోస్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Коморские о-ва (C,U,Russian)
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| コモロ・イスラム連邦共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| કોમોરસ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| कोमोरोज (C,U,Marathi)
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| কমোরোস (C,U,Bengali)
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| دوورگەکانی قەمەر (C,U,Kurdish)
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| କାମୋରସ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| کمورس (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Κομόρος (C,U,Greek)
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| Territoire des Comores (H,V,French)
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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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gained independence July 1975 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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French, 1947-1960 |
| colony (H) |
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French, 1914-1947 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Moroni .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Comores, Grande Comore) [1088595] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1975 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| جمهورية جزر القمر الاتحادية الإسلامية.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Jumhūrīyat al Qamar al Muttaḩidah.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................ |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Jumhūrīyat al Qumur al Ittiḩādīyah al Islāmīyah.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Jumhūrīyat Juzur al Qamar al Ittiḩādīyah al Islāmīyah.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Jumhūrīyat Juzur al Qamar al Muttaḩidah.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Jumhūriyyat al Qamar al Muttaḩidah.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013 |
| République Fédérale et Islamique des Comores.......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| République fédérale islamique des Comores.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 777 |
| République Fédérale Islamique des Comores.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
| Territory of the Comoro Islands.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 921929 |
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