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Cyprus (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks; Assyrian, Persian, Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Empires ruled; Saracens raided 7-10th centuries; Lusignan dynasty 12-15th centuries; ruled by Genoese, Venetians, Turks, and British; Greek/Turkish strife led to split of nation 1975. |
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| Cyprus (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Kípros (C,V)
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| Kibris (C,V)
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| Kypros (C,V,Latin)
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| Chipre (C,U,Spanish)
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| Chypre (C,U,French)
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| Cipro (C,U,Italian)
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| Zypern (C,U,German)
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| Alashiya (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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| nation (H) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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British, 1878-1960 |
| colony (H) |
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British, 1925-1960 |
| province (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (C) |
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| former administrative division (C) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Cyprus .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [1000112] |
| possibly identified as .... |
Alashiya .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [7030308] |
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it is possible that the name Alashiya, which occurs in Hittite and Egyptian records, refers to Cyprus |
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