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China (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 105 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 105.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Modern single-party people’s republic with one legislative house. It is the largest of all Asian countries and has the largest population of any country in the world. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it occupies approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth. Official language is Mandarin Chinese, though standard Chinese, Yue, Wu, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka and minority languages are also spoken; Pinyin is official romanized form of writing. |
Names: |
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| Zhongguo (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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............ | National Official name, short form |
| Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (C,V,O,Chinese (transliterated),U,N)
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| Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Zhonghua (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)
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............ | Pinyin romanization of the name |
| China (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| China (Nahuatl)
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| China (Oromo)
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| China (Portuguese)
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| China (Romanian)
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| China (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| China (Afar)
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| China (German)
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| China (Cornish)
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| China (Dutch)
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| China (Galician)
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| China (Occitan)
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| China (Romansh)
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| China (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| China (North Ndebele)
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| China (Shona)
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| China (Swahili (generic))
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| China (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| China, People's Republic of (C,O,English,U)
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| People's Republic of China (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Zhong Guo (C,V)
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| Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo (C,V)
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| Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo (C,V)
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| Chung-hua Jen-min-kung-ho-kuo (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chung-hua (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,U,N)
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............ | Wade-Giles romanization of the name |
| Chine (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République populaire de Chine (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República Popular China (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| República Popular China (Asturian)
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| Cina (C,O,Indonesian)
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| Cina (Italian)
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| 中国 (C,V,Japanese)
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| 中国 (Chinese-P,U)
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| 中华人民共和国 (C,V,Chinese, Wu)
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| 中华人民共和国 (Chinese,U)
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| Китай (C,V,Bulgarian)
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| Китай (Russian-P,U)
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| Китай (Ukrainian)
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| Китай (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Китайская Народная Республика (C,V,Russian,U)
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| اصًين (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً اصًين اضًعب ةَ (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| CHN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CN (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO156 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CH (C,O,FIPS)
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| Chinese (C,O,English,U,A)
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| סין (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Китай Халăх Республики (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Alþýðulýðveldið Kína (C,U,Icelandic)
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| An tSín (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Caina (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Caina, Sin (C,U,Hausa)
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| Cayina (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Chaina (C,U,Igbo)
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| Chinne (C,U)
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| Chińska Republika Ludowa (C,U,Polish)
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| Chiny (C,U,Polish)
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| Chunwa (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Chyna (C,U,Dutch)
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| Çin (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Çin (Turkish)
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| Çîn (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Ċina (C,U,Maltese)
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| Čína (C,U,Slovak)
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| Čína (Czech)
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| Cīna (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Ĉina Popola Respubliko (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish)
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| Ĉinio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Čínská lidová republika (C,U,Czech)
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| Čínska ľudová republika (C,U,Slovak)
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| Ĉinujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Cộng hòa Nhân dân Trung Hoa (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz (C,U,Zhuang)
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| Folkerepublikken Kina (C,U,Danish)
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| Folkerepublikken Kina (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Gweriniaeth Pobl Tsieina (C,U,Welsh)
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| Haina (C,U,Maori)
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| Hiina (C,U,Estonian)
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| Hiina Rahvavabariik (C,U,Estonian)
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| Hytaý Halk Respublikasy (C,U,Turkmen)
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| i-China (C,U,Zulu)
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| jugygue (C,U)
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| Kiina (C,U,Finnish)
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| Kiinan kansantasavalta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Kiinná (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Kina (C,U,Croatian)
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| Kina (Bosnian)
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| Kina (Danish)
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| Kina (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Kina (Swedish)
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| Kina (Faroese)
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| Kina (Greenlandic)
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| Kina (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Kina (Norwegian)
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| Kína (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Kína (Icelandic)
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| Ķīna (C,U,Latvian)
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| Kinë (C,U,Albanian)
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| Kinija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kitai (C,U)
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| Kitajska (C,U,Slovene)
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| Kyaena (C,U,Akan)
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| Maldang Republika ning Tsina (C,U,Pampanga)
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| Narodna Republika Kina (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Ol Manmeri Ripablik bilong Saina (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Orílẹ́ède ṣáínà (C,U,Yoruba)
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| People’s Republic of China (C,U,English)
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| Populala Republiko di Chinia (C,U,Ido)
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| Repubblica Popolare Cinese (C,U,Italian)
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| Republica Populară Chineză (C,U,Romanian)
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| Republica Populara de China (C,U,Occitan)
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| República Popular da China (C,U,Portuguese)
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| República Popular da China (Galician)
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| Republica Popular de China (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| República Popular de la Xina (C,U,Catalan)
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| Republikang Popular sa Tsina (C,U,Cebuano)
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| Republik Pobl Sina (C,U,Breton)
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| Republik Rakyat China (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Republik Rakyat Tiongkok (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Res publica popularis Sinarum (C,U,Latin)
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| Shiinaha (C,U,Somali)
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| Shîna (C,U,Sangho)
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| Shine (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Siaina (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Siin (C,U,Fulah)
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| Sinɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Sina (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Sina (Kongo (Congo))
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| Sina (Breton)
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| Sina (Western Frisian)
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| Siniwajamana (C,U,Bambara)
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| Sjina (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Trung Hoa (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Trung Quốc (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Tsaina nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Tseina (C,U,Welsh)
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| Tsina (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Tsina (Ilocano)
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| Txina (C,U,Basque)
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| Txinako Herri Errepublika (C,U,Basque)
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| Ubushinwa (C,U,Rundi)
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| Volksrepubliek China (C,U,Low German)
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| Volksrepubliek China (Dutch)
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| Volksrepubliek van Sjina (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Volksrepublik China (C,U,German)
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| Volleksrepublik China (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Xina (C,U,Nahuatl)
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| Xina (Catalan)
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| چین (C,U,Pashto)
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| چین (Urdu)
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| چین (Kurdish)
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| چین (Persian-Farsi)
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| 중국 (C,U,Korean)
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| चीन (C,U,Marathi)
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| चीन (Hindi)
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| चीन (Nepali)
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| ចិន (C,U,Khmer)
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| จีน (C,U,Thai)
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| ჩინეთი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ຈີນ (C,U,Lao)
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| Кина (C,U,Serbian)
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| Кина (Macedonian)
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| الصين (C,U,Arabic)
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| சீன மக்கள் குடியரசு (C,U,Tamil)
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| Κίνα (C,U,Greek)
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| Хятад улс (C,U,Mongolian)
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| চীন (C,U,Bengali)
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| চীন (Assamese)
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| ચીન (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Китайска народна република (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας (C,U,Greek)
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| Народна Република Кина (C,U,Serbian)
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| כינע (C,U,Yiddish)
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| صين (C,U,Arabic)
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| 중화인민공화국 (C,U,Korean)
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| 中華人民共和國 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Китайська Народна Республіка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| རྒྱ་མི (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| Народна република Кина (C,U,Serbian)
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| جمهورية الصين الشعبية (C,U,Arabic)
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| Қытай Халық Республикасы (C,U,Kazakh)
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| చైనా (C,U,Telugu)
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| Кітай (C,U,Belarusian)
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| הרפובליקה העממית של סין (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ᏓᎶᏂᎨᏍᏛ (C,U,Cherokee)
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| ಚೀನ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Չինաստան (C,U,Armenian)
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| ประเทศจีน (C,U,Thai)
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| Хитой (C,U,Uzbek)
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| جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ಚೀನಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| 中華人民共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ቻይና (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ቻይና (Amharic)
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| சீனா (C,U,Tamil)
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| ꍏꇩ (C,U)
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| චීනය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| རྒྱ་ནག (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ചൈന (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ଚିନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| တရုတ် (C,U,Burmese)
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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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China (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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first unified 350 BC-CE 220; as independent of European colonial influence, from early 20th century |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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first established 1912; Communist regime, after 1945 |
| empire (H) |
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under many rulers, ended 1912 |
| former nation/state/empire (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Beijing .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, China, Beijing Shi) [7001758] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
| successor of .... |
Ancient China .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, China) [8697463] |
| successor of .... |
China .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
| ...................... |
(World, Asia, China) [8697462] |
| successor of .... |
China .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8697460] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Китайска народна република.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Китайська Народна Республіка.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Cộng hòa Nhân dân Trung Hoa.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Maldang Republika ning Tsina.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Ol Manmeri Ripablik bilong Saina.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| People’s Republic of China.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Populala Republiko di Chinia.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Repubblica Popolare Cinese.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Republica Populară Chineză.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Republica Populara de China.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| República Popular da China.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Republica Popular de China.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| República Popular de la Xina.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Republikang Popular sa Tsina.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Res publica popularis Sinarum.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
| .................. |
Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 574 ff. |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 584 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 133-135 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 640 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1998) accessed 06/15/99 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 221; III, 221 ff.; 3:221 ff. |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1814991 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 13 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 764; 777 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1900673 |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 81 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plates 21-24 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 46 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 8 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 257; 260 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9 |
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