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Limousin (historical region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 50 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area defined by a plateau; was settled by ancient Gallic Lemovices tribe; taken by Rome; ravaged by Normans in the 9th century; part of Aquitaine and went to England with Eleanor's marriage in 1152; disputed by France and England 13th-15th centuries. |
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| Limousin (preferred,C,V,O,English,U)
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| Limousin (German)
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| Limousin (French-P,U,N)
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| Le Limousin (C,V)
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| Région Limousin (C,U,French)
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| Lemosín (C,U,Spanish)
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| Limousin Region (C,U,English)
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| Limusino (C,U,Portuguese)
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| 리무쟁 (C,U,Korean)
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| Pagus Lemovicinus (H,V,Latin-P,U,N)
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............ | under Mervingians, 6th-8th centuries CE |
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| historical region (preferred, C) |
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| civitas (H) |
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tribal association of Gaul; of Rome, from ca. 50 BC, as part of province of Aquitania |
| suzerainty (H) |
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| general region (C) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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- 2016 |
| former administrative division (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Limousin .......... (former administrative division) |
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(World, Europe, France) [7001095] |
| historical connection .... |
Gallia Aquitania .......... (province) |
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(World, Europe, Gaul) [7030318] |
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