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Ionía Nísia (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 020 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region comprising a group of mountainous islands in the Ionian Sea off S coast of Peloponnesus; colonized by ancient Greeks, later occupied by Rome and then Byzantine Empire; ruled by Venice 1386-1797, by France from 1797; under Russian, then British protection in 19th century. |
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Ionía Nísia (preferred,C,U,Greek (transliterated))
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Periféreia Ioníon Níson (C,U,O,Greek (transliterated)-P)
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Ioníoi Nísoi (C,V)
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Iónioi Nisoi (C,V)
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Ionian Islands (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Ioniennes (C,O)
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Îles Ioniennes (C,O,French)
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Ionische Inseln (C,V,German)
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GR57 (C,U,FIPS)
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Iónioi Nísoi (C,V)
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Region of Ionian Islands (C,U,English)
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Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων (C,U,Greek-P)
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Ιονία Νήσια (C,U,Greek)
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Isole Ionie (C,U,Italian)
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Ιόνια Νησιά (C,U,Greek)
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이오니아 제도 주 (C,U,Korean)
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Eptanisos (H,V)
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Heptanesus (H,V)
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Ionía Nísia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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in modern times, annexed to Greece in 1864 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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island group (C) |
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