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Ljubljana (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was strategic Roman city on road to Pannonia; ruined by Huns (451) & Magyars (900s); ruled by dukes of Carniola 12th cen.; under Otakar II of Bohemia 1270; went to Hapsburgs 1277; captured by French 1809, seat of Illyrian Provinces until 1813. |
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| Ljubljana (preferred,C,V)
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| Lyublyana (C,V)
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| Lubiana (C,V)
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| Laibach (C,O)
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| Luvigana (H,V)
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............ | rebuilt by Slavs after destruction by barbarians in 5th cen. |
| Emona (H,V)
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............ | ancient Roman |
| Aemona (H,V)
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founded by Augustus in 34 BC |
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capital of Yugoslavian Slovenia from 1946, of independent nation of Slovenia from 1991 |
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Slovenija .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [7006670] |
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