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Syria (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 038 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 38.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Earliest inhabitants of the area were probably Natufians ca. 10,000 BCE; home to several great cultures, including Akkadians and Amorites 3rd-2nd millenia BCE; ruled by Alexander, Romans, Arabs, and Ottomans; shares name with ancient region covering a wider area; official language is Arabic. |
Names: |
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| Sūrīyah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Sūrīya (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Sūriyyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| As-Sūrīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al Jumhūriyyah al ʻArabiyyah as Sūriyyah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al ʻArabīyah as Sūrīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| République arabe syrienne (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Syrienne, République arabe (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Syrie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| La Syrie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Syrian Arab Republic (C,O,O,English,U,N)
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............ | UN Official English short name |
| Syria (C,O,display,English-P,U,N)
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| Syria (Tagalog)
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| Syria (Malagasy)
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| Syria (Vietnamese)
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| Syria (Indonesian)
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| Syria (Latin)
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| Syria (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Syria (Polish)
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| Syria (Welsh)
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| Syria (Faroese)
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| Syria (Greenlandic)
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| Syria (Anglo-Saxon)
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| Syria (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Syria (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Syria (North Ndebele)
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| Syria (Norwegian)
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| Syria (Pampanga)
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| Syria (Northern Sami)
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| Syria (Shona)
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| Syria (Swahili (generic))
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| Syria (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| República Árabe Siria (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Siria (C,O,Ilocano)
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| Siria (Indonesian)
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| Siria (Romanian)
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| Siria (Spanish)
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| Siria (Basque)
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| Siria (Aragonese)
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| Siria (Asturian)
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| Siria (Akan)
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| Siria (Albanian)
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| Siria (Breton)
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| Siria (Galician)
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| Siria (Italian)
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| Siria (Sicilian)
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| Siria (Occitan)
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| Siria (Romansh)
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| Siria (Kikuyu)
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| Siria (Swahili (generic))
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| Siria (Ido)
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| Syrië (C,O,Dutch)
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| Syrië (Limburgan)
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| Syrien (C,O,Danish)
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| Syrien (Swedish)
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| Syrien (German)
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| Syrien (Low German)
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| Syrien (Luxembourgish)
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| Síria (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Síria (Catalan)
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| Сирийская Арабская Республика (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 阿拉伯叙利亚共和国 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| سورِ ةًَ (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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............ | National Official Arabic short name |
| سورِ يَا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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............ | Alternate National Official Arabic name |
| الجهور ةً ا عًرب ةَ اسًور ةً (C,V,O,Arabic,U)
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............ | UN Official Arabic short/formal name |
| SYR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SY (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO760 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Syrian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| סוריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Al Iqlīm ash Shamālī (C,U)
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| Al Iqlīm as Sūrī (C,U)
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah (C,U)
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| Al-Sham (C,U)
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| Al-Suriyah (C,U)
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| An tSiria (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Arām (C,U)
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| Ash Shām (C,U,Arabic)
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| El Sham (C,U)
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| El Suriya (C,U)
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| Esh Sham (C,U)
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| Es Suriya (C,U)
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| i-Syria (C,U,Zulu)
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| Northern Region (C,U)
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| Orílẹ́ède Siria (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Sham, Siriya (C,U,Hausa)
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| Sīlia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Siri (C,U,Bambara)
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| Siri (Albanian)
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| Siri (Luba-Katanga)
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| Sirí (C,U,Lingala)
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| Siria - سورية (C,U,Galician)
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| Siria nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Sirie (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Sirië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Sirii (C,U,Fulah)
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| Sirïi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Sirija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Sirija (Bosnian)
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| Sirija (Slovene)
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| Sirija (Lithuanian)
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| Sīrija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Sirio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Siriya (C,U,Rundi)
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| Siriya (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Siriya (Azerbaijani)
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| Sirja (C,U,Maltese)
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| Sirya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Sûrî (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Súria (C,U,Occitan)
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| Suriah (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Surie (C,U,French)
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| Sūriyā (C,U,Arabic)
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| Suriya (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Süriyän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Suriye (C,U,Turkish)
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| Süüria (C,U,Estonian)
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| Suuriya (C,U,Somali)
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| Syri (C,U,Cornish)
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| Sýria (C,U,Slovak)
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| Syrian Region (C,U)
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| Sýrie (C,U,Czech)
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| Syriska (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Sýrland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Sýrska arabská republika (C,U,Slovak)
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| Syyria (C,U,Finnish)
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| Szíria (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Szíriai Arab Köztársaság (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Xi-ri (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Xi-ri (Syria) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| سورية (C,U,Arabic)
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| Συρία, Αραβική Δημοκρατία της (C,U,Greek)
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| 시리아 (C,U,Korean)
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| Сирійська Арабська Республіка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| სირია (C,U,Georgian)
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| سوریه (C,U,Pashto)
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| سوریه (Persian-Farsi)
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| സിറിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Сирия (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Сирия (Russian)
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| Сирийска Арабска Република (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| סיריע (C,U,Yiddish)
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| Сѷрїꙗ (C,U,Slavonic, Old Church)
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| 叙利亚 (C,U,Chinese)
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| سوریہ (C,U,Urdu)
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| الجمهورية العربية السورية (C,U,Arabic)
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| Сири (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| シリア (C,U,Japanese)
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| ประเทศซีเรีย (C,U,Thai)
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| ซีเรีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Συρία (C,U,Greek)
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| سوريه (C,U,Pashto)
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| சிரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| Сирија (C,U,Serbian)
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| Сирија (Macedonian)
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| Սիրիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| ሲሪያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ሲሪያ (Amharic)
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| ܣܘܪܝܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| ຊິເລຍ (C,U,Lao)
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| ស៊ីរី (C,U,Khmer)
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| सीरिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| सीरिया (Hindi)
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| সিরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| Сирія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| سووریا (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| الشام (C,U,Arabic)
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| Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка (C,U,Belarusian)
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| シリア・アラブ共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ဆီးရီးယား (C,U,Burmese)
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| ସିରିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| सिरिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| سیریا (C,U,Urdu)
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| সিরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| સીરિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| సిరియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| ಸಿರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| سوريا (C,U,Arabic)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Syria (nation) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Syria (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained total independence in 1946 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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first proclaimed 1930 |
| controlled region (H) |
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French, periodic, 19th-20th centuries; French/British, 1940s |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Damascus .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Syria, Dimashq governorate) [7002261] |
| coextensive with .... |
Syria .......... (general region) |
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(World, Asia) [7594765] |
| distinguished from .... |
Syria .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire) [7030348] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
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until 2011 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Συρία, Αραβική Δημοκρατία της.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 163843 |
| Сирійська Арабська Республіка.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 163843 |
| Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 163843 |
| Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 163843 |
| Al Jumhūriyyah al ʻArabiyyah as Sūriyyah.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013 |
| Syrienne, République arabe.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 784 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 709 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 724 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 627-628 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 540 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1471 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1990) 1037 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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Columbia Encyclopedia (1975) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 468 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) 741 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 163843 |
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Holy Land, National Geographic (1989) map supplement |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 21 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 772; 784 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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Middle East, National Geographic (1991) map supplement |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 82 |
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Novo Dicionário Aurélio (1975) 1308 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320 |
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Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 384 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-96 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 82 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 36 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1176 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F |
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