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The Gambia (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 13 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 015 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -15.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises strips flanking Gambia River; immigration of Wolof, Malinke, and Fulbe began 13th century, established large kingdoms; Portuguese arrived 1455, English 1618; disputed by French and British 18th century; British-controlled and part of Sierra Leone 19th century; official language is English, though Arabic and local languages are also spoken, including Madinka, Wolof, and Fula. |
Names: |
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Gambia, The (preferred,C,V,English,U,N)
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The Gambia (C,V,English-P,U)
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............ | National Official name |
The Gambia (Pampanga)
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The Gambia (Interlingue)
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Gambia (C,V,English,U,N)
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............ | UN Official name |
Gambia (Malagasy)
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Gambia (Vietnamese)
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Gambia (Ilocano)
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Gambia (Indonesian)
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Gambia (Latin)
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Gambia (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Gambia (Danish)
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Gambia (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Gambia (Finnish)
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Gambia (Swedish)
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Gambia (Polish)
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Gambia (Romanian)
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Gambia (Slovak)
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Gambia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Gambia (Basque)
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Gambia (Aragonese)
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Gambia (Asturian)
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Gambia (Akan)
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Gambia (Welsh)
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Gambia (German)
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Gambia (Low German)
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Gambia (Albanian)
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Gambia (Breton)
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Gambia (Dutch)
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Gambia (Galician)
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Gambia (Faroese)
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Gambia (Italian)
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Gambia (Estonian)
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Gambia (Greenlandic)
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Gambia (Turkish)
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Gambia (Occitan)
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Gambia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Gambia (Romansh)
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Gambia (Kikuyu)
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Gambia (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Gambia (Norwegian)
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Gambia (Northern Sami)
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Gambia (Shona)
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Gambia (Swahili (generic))
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Gambia (Ido)
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Gambia (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Gambia (Limburgan)
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Gambia (the) (C,V)
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Islamic Republic of the Gambia, The (C,V)
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............ | from 2016 |
The Islamic Republic of the Gambia (C,V)
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............ | from 2016 |
The Republic of the Gambia (C,V)
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Republic of The Gambia (C,V)
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Gambie (C,O,Czech)
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Gambie (French-P,U,N)
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Gambie (Arpitan)
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République de Gambie (C,O,French,U,N)
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República de Gambia (C,O,Spanish,U)
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República de Gambia (Galician)
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Gâmbia (C,O,Portuguese)
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Гамбия (C,O,Tatar)
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Гамбия (Tajik)
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Гамбия (Bashkir)
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Гамбия (Kazakh)
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Гамбия (Kyrgyz)
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Гамбия (Bulgarian)
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Гамбия (Russian-P,U)
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Гамбия (Yakut)
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Республика Гамбия (C,O,Russian,U)
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冈比亚 (C,O,Chinese, Wu)
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冈比亚 (Chinese-P,U)
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冈比亚共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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غامب اَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةًغامب اَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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GMB (C,O,ISO3L)
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GM (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO270 (C,O,ISO3N)
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GA (C,O,FIPS)
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Gambian (C,O,English,U,A)
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A Ghaimbia (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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Ang Gambiya (C,U,Tagalog)
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An Ghaimbia (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Gaambiyaa (C,U,Oromo)
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Gambėjė (C,U,Samogitian)
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Gambi (C,U,Lingala)
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Gambi (Albanian)
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Gambi (Cornish)
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Gambi (Luba-Katanga)
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Gàmbi (C,U,Wolof)
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Găm-bi-a (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Gàmbia (C,U,Catalan)
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Gàmbia (Sardinian)
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Gàmbia (Occitan)
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Gambía (C,U,Icelandic)
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Gámbia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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Gámbíà (C,U,Yoruba)
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Găm-bi-a (Gambia) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Gambia nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Gambië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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Gambii (C,U,Veps)
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Gambïi (C,U,Sangho)
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Gambija (C,U,Croatian)
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Gambija (Bosnian)
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Gambija (Latvian)
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Gambija (Slovene)
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Gambija (Lithuanian)
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Gambija (Lower Sorbian)
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Gambija (Upper Sorbian)
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Gambijo (C,U,Silesian)
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Gambio (C,U,Esperanto)
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Gambiya (C,U,Rundi)
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Gambiya (Rwanda)
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Gambiya (Somali)
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Gambiya (Nauruan)
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Gambiya (Tsonga)
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Gambiya (Turkish, Crimean)
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Gambiya (Kurdish)
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Gambiya (Hausa)
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Gambiya (Turkish)
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Gambiya (Dimli)
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Gambiya (North Ndebele)
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Gambiya (Gagauz)
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Gambiýa (C,U,Turkmen)
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Gambiyän (C,U,Volapük)
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Gambja (C,U,Maltese)
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Gambya (C,U,Quechuan)
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Gambya (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Gambya (Kabyle)
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Gambya (Central Bikol)
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Gammbi (C,U,Fulah)
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Ganbi (C,U,Bambara)
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Ganbi (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Ganbia (C,U,Basque)
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Géémbiya (C,U,Navajo)
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IGambia (C,U,Zulu)
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i-Gambia (C,U,Zulu)
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IGambiya (C,U,Swati (Swazi))
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Islamic Republic of The Gambia (C,U,English)
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Kamipia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Orílẹ́ède Gambia (C,U,Yoruba)
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Qambiya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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The Gambie (C,U,Scots)
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Y Gambia (C,U,Welsh)
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Yn Ghambia (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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Γκάμπια (C,U,Greek)
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गाम्बिया (C,U,Marathi)
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गाम्बिया (Sanskrit)
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गाम्बिया (Hindi)
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गाम्बिया (Pali)
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गाम्बिया (Nepali)
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गाम्बिया (Newari)
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Гамбудин Орн (C,U,Kalmyk)
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ဂမ်ဘီယာနိုင်ငံ (C,U,Burmese)
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Գամբիա (C,U,Armenian)
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ಗ್ಯಾಂಬಿಯ (C,U,Kannada)
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གྷེམ་བི་ཡ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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ጋምቢያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ጋምቢያ (Amharic)
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Гамби (C,U,Chuvash)
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Гамби (Chechen)
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Гамби (Mongolian)
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Гамби (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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Гамби (Russia Buriat)
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Гамби (Western Mari)
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ഗാംബിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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גמביה (C,U,Hebrew )
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گامبیا (C,U,Urdu)
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گامبیا (Mazanderani)
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گامبیا (Kurdish)
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گامبیا (Persian-Farsi)
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گامبیا (Central Kurdish)
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گامبیا (Northern Luri)
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Гамбија (C,U,Serbian)
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Гамбија (Macedonian)
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ގެމްބިއާ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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گیمبیا (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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گیمبیا (Urdu)
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Гамбія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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Гамбія (Belarusian)
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गांबिया (C,U,Marathi)
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गांबिया (Bihari languages)
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감비아 (C,U,Korean)
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গাম্বিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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গাম্বিয়া (Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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แกมเบีย (C,U,Thai)
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די גאמביע (C,U,Yiddish)
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گامبيا (C,U,Pashto)
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ហ្គាំប៊ី (C,U,Khmer)
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གེམ་བྷི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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ガンビア (C,U,Japanese)
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ประเทศแกมเบีย (C,U,Thai)
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Ґамбія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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گامبىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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甘比亞 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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காம்பியா (C,U,Tamil)
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გამბია (C,U,Mingrelian)
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გამბია (Georgian)
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جامبيا (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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ແກມເບຍ (C,U,Lao)
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غامبيا (C,U,Arabic)
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ਗਾਂਬੀਆ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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גאמביה (C,U,Hebrew )
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ගැම්බියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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ଗାମ୍ବିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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ગેમ્બિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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གྷམ་བི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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గాంబియా (C,U,Telugu)
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ಗ್ಯಾಂಬಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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ガンビア共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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ဂန်ဘီရာ (C,U,Burmese)
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গ্যাম্বিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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گمبیا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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गाम्विया (C,U,Nepali)
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Republic of the Gambia (H,V,O,English,U,N)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1965 |
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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republic (C) |
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established 1970 |
colony (H) |
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British, 1843-1866, 1888-1894 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Banjul .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, The Gambia, Banjul municipality) [7000585] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1965 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1965 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Islamic Republic of The Gambia.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2413451 |
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