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Polynésie française (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -15.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 140 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -140.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Consists of five scattered island groups, mostly volcanic, mountainous and ringed by coral reefs; settled by Polynesians; explored by Bougainville 1766; colonized by French missionaries late 18th century; all islands under French control by late 19th century; official language is French, though local languages are widely spoken. |
Names: |
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| Polynésie française (preferred,C,V)
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| Territoire de la Polynésia Française (C,V)
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| French Polynesia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| French Polynesia (Somali)
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| French Polynesia (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| French Polynesia (Shona)
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| Territory of French Polynesia (C,O)
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| Französisch-Polynesien (C,O,German)
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| Polinesia Francesa (C,O,Spanish)
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| Polinesia Francesa (Galician)
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| Polinésia Francesa (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Frans Polynesië (C,O)
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| PYF (C,O,ISO3L)
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| PF (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO258 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| FP (C,O,FIPS)
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| An Pholainéis Fhrancach (C,U,O,Irish Gaelic)
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| Établissements Français de l’ Océanie (C,U)
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| Faransi ka polinezi (C,U,Bambara)
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| Folinesiya Ta Faransa (C,U,Hausa)
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| Franca Polinezio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Francia Polinézia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Francoska Polinezija (C,U,Slovene)
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| Francouzská Polynésie (C,U,Czech)
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| Franču Polinēzija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Francuska Polinezija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Francuska Polinezija (Bosnian)
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| Francúzska Polynézia (C,U,Slovak)
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| Frankriikka Polynesia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Fransız Polineziya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Fransız Polinezyası (C,U,Turkish)
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| Franska Pólýnesía (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Franska Polynesia (C,U,Faroese)
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| Franska Polynesien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Fransk Polynesia (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Fransk Polynesia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Fransk Polynesia (Norwegian)
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| Fransk Polynesien (C,U,Danish)
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| Frans-Polinesië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Frans-Polynesië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Franzöösch-Polynesien (C,U,Low German)
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| French Establishments in Oceania (C,U)
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| French Oceania (C,U)
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| French Settlements in Oceania (C,U)
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| Frentsi Pɔlinesia nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Frɛnkye Pɔlenehyia (C,U,Akan)
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| i-French Polynesia (C,U,Zulu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Firenṣi Polinesia (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Pholinesiya ye Fulansi (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Polinèsia Francesa (C,U,Catalan)
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| Polinesia francese (C,U,Italian)
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| Polinesia Frantsesa (C,U,Basque)
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| Polinesia Franzosa (C,U,Romansh)
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| Polinesia Prancis (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Polinesia ya Ufaransa (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Polinesia ya Ufaransa (Swahili (generic))
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| Polinesii Farayse (C,U,Fulah)
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| Polinesiya enfalansa (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Polinesja Franċiża (C,U,Maltese)
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| Polinezia cʼhall (C,U,Breton)
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| Polinezia Franceză (C,U,Romanian)
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| Polinezïi tî farânzi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Polinezi wa Nfalanse (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Polinezi ya Falánsɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Polineziya y'Abafaransa (C,U,Rundi)
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| Polinezja Francuska (C,U,Polish)
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| Polinisia fakafalanisē (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Polynesia Ffrainc (C,U,Welsh)
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| Polynesia francese (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Polynesia thuộc Pháp (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Polynésie Française (C,U,French)
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| Polynésie thuộc Pháp (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Polynezia frantsay (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Prancūzijos Polinezija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Prancūzų Polinezija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Prantsuse Polüneesia (C,U,Estonian)
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| Ranskan Polynesia (C,U,Finnish)
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| Territoire de la Polynésie Française (C,U,French)
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| フランス領ポリネシア (C,U,Japanese)
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| เฟรนช์โปลินีเซีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Γαλλική Πολυνησία (C,U,Greek)
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| 法屬玻里尼西亞 (C,U,Chinese)
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| بولينسيا الفرنسية (C,U,Arabic)
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| Французская Полинезия (C,U,Russian)
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| የፈረንሳይ ፖሊኔዢያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| የፈረንሳይ ፖሊኔዢያ (Amharic)
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| ပြင်သစ် ပေါ်လီနေးရှား (C,U,Burmese)
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| Французька Полінезія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| ఫ్రెంచ్ పోలినిషియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| فرانسیسی پولینیشیا (C,U,Urdu)
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| ஃப்ரென்ச் பாலினேஷியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| 프랑스령 폴리네시아 (C,U,Korean)
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| Француска Полинезија (C,U,Serbian)
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| Француска Полинезија (Macedonian)
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| ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ ପଲିନେସିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| ფრანგული პოლინეზია (C,U,Georgian)
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| Френска Полинезия (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| 仏領ポリネシア (C,U,Japanese)
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| ফরাসী পলিনেশিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| ഫ്രഞ്ച് പോളിനേഷ്യ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Франузская Палінэзія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| फ्रेंच पॉलिनेशिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| ફ્રેંચ પોલિનેશિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ප්රංශ පොලිනීසියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| پلینزی فرانسه (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ເຟັນຣໂພລິນີເຊຍ (C,U,Lao)
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| بولينيزيا الفرنسية (C,U,Arabic)
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| ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಪೋಲಿನೇಶಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| פולינזיה הצרפתית (C,U,Hebrew )
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| 法属波利尼西亚 (C,U,Chinese)
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| फ़्रांसीसी पॉलिनेशिया (C,U,Hindi)
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| फ्रान्सेली पोलिनेसिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| Établissements français de l'Océanie (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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controlled by France since 19th cen. |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas territory (C) |
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French, since 1958 |
| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Cayenne .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, Guyane) [7005770] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Établissements Français de l’ Océanie.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656 |
| French Establishments in Oceania.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656 |
| French Settlements in Oceania.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656 |
| Orílẹ́ède Firenṣi Polinesia.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656 |
| Territoire de la Polynésie Française.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656 |
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