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București (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 026 06 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 26.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded as military stronghold, strategically located on route to Constantinople; seat of Walachian sovereigns from 1459, when Vlad Ţepeş fortified city against Turks; later developed as economic center under Ottomans; damaged by earthquake in 1977. |
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| București (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name first documented in document of Vlad Ţepeș (the Impaler) from 1459 |
| Bükreș (C,O)
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| Bucuresci (C,O)
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| Bucarest (C,O)
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| Bucharest (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Bukarest (C,O)
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| Bukharest (C,O)
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| Bukhorest (C,O)
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| בוקרסט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Cetatea Dambovitei (H,O)
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............ | name used in 14th cen. |
| Little Paris (H,O)
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............ | referring to the city's cultural & social brilliance, name used before WW II |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in prehistoric times, modern town founded in 14th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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of Walachia, from 1659; of Romanian state, from 1862 |
| regional capital (C) |
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România .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [1000091] |
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