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Fiji (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 18 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -18.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 178 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 178.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises over 800 islands; area was settled by Austronesian-speaking people in 2nd millennium BCE; development of pottery by 1300 BCE; sighted by Dutch Tasman 1643, visited by British in 18th century; was haven for escaped convicts from Australia by 1804; official language is English, though most speak Bauan or Hindustani. |
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Fiji (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Fiji (Rundi)
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Fiji (Somali)
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Fiji (Vietnamese)
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Fiji (Indonesian)
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Fiji (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Fiji (Bambara)
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Fiji (Danish)
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Fiji (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Fiji (Swedish)
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Fiji (Portuguese)
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Fiji (Romanian)
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Fiji (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Fiji (Catalan)
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Fiji (Basque)
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Fiji (Welsh)
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Fiji (Hausa)
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Fiji (Cornish)
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Fiji (Dutch)
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Fiji (Faroese)
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Fiji (Greenlandic)
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Fiji (Turkish)
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Fiji (Occitan)
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Fiji (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Fiji (Kikuyu)
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Fiji (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Fiji (North Ndebele)
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Fiji (Norwegian)
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Fiji (Pampanga)
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Fiji (Shona)
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Fiji (Swahili (generic))
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Fiji (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Republic of Fiji (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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Viti (C,V,Fijian-P,U,N)
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Viti (Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Matanitu ko Viti (C,V,O,Fijian,U)
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Fiji Islands (C,V,English)
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Fidji (C,O,Malagasy)
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Fidji (Breton)
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Fidji (Afrikaans)
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Fidji (French-P,U,N)
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Fidji (Occitan)
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Fidji (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Fidji (Ido)
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République des Fidji (C,O,French,U,N)
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República de Fiji (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Fidschi (C,O,German)
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Fidschi (Low German)
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Fidschi (Romansh)
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Fidji-eilanden (C,O)
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Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji (C,V)
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Фиджи (C,V,Bulgarian)
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Фиджи (Russian-P,U)
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Республика Фиджи (C,V,Russian,U)
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斐济 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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斐济共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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ف جِي (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ف جِي (C,V,Arabic,U)
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FJI (C,O,ISO3L)
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FJ (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO242 (C,O,ISO3N)
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Fijian (C,O,English,U,A)
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איי פיג'י (C,U,Hebrew )
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Bidji (C,U,Nauruan)
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Feeje (C,U)
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Fichi (C,U,Aragonese)
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Fici (C,U,Tatar)
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Fici (Azerbaijani)
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Ficiyuäns (C,U,Volapük)
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Fìdi (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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FidĪi (C,U,Estonian)
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Fidj·i (C,U,Arpitan)
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Fídjieyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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Fidsí (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Fidxi (C,U,Galician)
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Fidyïi (C,U,Sangho)
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Fidži (C,U,Croatian)
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Fidži (Bosnian)
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Fidži (Latvian)
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Fidži (Finnish)
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Fidži (Slovak)
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Fidži (Slovene)
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Fidži (Czech)
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Fidži (Estonian)
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Fidżi (C,U,Polish)
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Fidzi (C,U,Lingala)
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Fidzi nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Fidžis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Fidzsi (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Fidzsi-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Figgi (C,U,Sicilian)
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Figi (C,U,Italian)
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Fiġi (C,U,Maltese)
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Fiĝioj (C,U,Esperanto)
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Fiĝoj (C,U,Esperanto)
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Figyi (C,U,Akan)
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Fîjî (C,U,Kurdish)
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Fiji-øerne (C,U,Danish)
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Fijji (C,U,Fulah)
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Fisi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Fixhi (C,U,Albanian)
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Fixi (C,U,Galician)
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Fiyi (C,U,Spanish)
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Fiži (C,U,Northern Sami)
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Fuji (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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i-Fiji (C,U,Zulu)
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Îles Fidji (C,U,French)
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Insulae Vitienses (C,U,Latin)
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Ishujt e Fildisht (C,U,Albanian)
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Orílẹ́ède Fiji (C,U,Yoruba)
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Phi-gi (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Piyi (C,U,Tagalog)
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ฟิจิ (C,U,Thai)
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فېجي (C,U,Pashto)
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Фиџи (C,U,Serbian)
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Фиџи (Macedonian)
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फिजी (C,U,Marathi)
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फिजी (Sanskrit)
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फिजी (Hindi)
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फिजी (Kashmiri)
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फिजी (Nepali)
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ფიჯი (C,U,Georgian)
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فِجی (C,U,Urdu)
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フィジー (C,U,Japanese)
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ຟິຈິ (C,U,Lao)
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פיג׳י (C,U,Hebrew )
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Фіджі (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ፊጂ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ፊጂ (Amharic)
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斐濟 (C,U,Chinese)
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فیجی (C,U,Kurdish)
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فیجی (Persian-Farsi)
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ហ្វ៉ីហ្ស៉ី (C,U,Khmer)
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פיגי (C,U,Hebrew )
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Фіджы (C,U,Belarusian)
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Φίτζι (C,U,Greek)
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ফিজি (C,U,Bengali)
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فيجي (C,U,Arabic)
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피지 (C,U,Korean)
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Ֆիջի (C,U,Armenian)
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فىجى (C,U,Uyghur)
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ประเทศฟิจิ (C,U,Thai)
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फ़िजी (C,U,Hindi)
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ફીજી (C,U,Gujarati)
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ཕི་ཇི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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ഫിജി (C,U,Malayalam)
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ෆීජී (C,U,Sinhala)
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ఫిజి (C,U,Telugu)
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ஃபிஜி (C,U,Tamil)
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ಫಿಜಿ (C,U,Kannada)
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فجی (C,U,Urdu)
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ଫିଜି (C,U,Odia)
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ဖီဂျီ (C,U,Burmese)
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Dominion of Fiji (H,V)
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Republic of the Fiji Islands (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Fiji (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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in British Commonwealth, 1970; independent of Britain, 1987 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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island nation (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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controlled region (H) |
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by Britain, 19th-20th centuries |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Suva .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Fiji, Rewa) [1098709] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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withdrew in 1987; rejoined in 1997 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1970 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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République des Fidji.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-11-06, III-06 REV |
Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 594 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 605 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 202-203 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 293; 1:293 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/00 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 773 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 252 |
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FDA Worksheet; unattributed contributor (1986-) |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2205218 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 14 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 766 |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-11-06, III-06 REV; 1991-11-06, III-5 REV |
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ISO Newsletter V-4 (2002) accessed 26 September 2007 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 9 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-31 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 50 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 396 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji |
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English | .......... | [VP] |
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