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Guadeloupe (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 16 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 16.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 061 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises an island group and half of Saint-Martin; original Arawak inhabitants were displaced in 15th century by Caribs, who repulsed Spanish attempts at colonization in 16th century; French established colony in 17th century; Africans were brought here as slaves; official language is French, though a creole dialect is widely spoken. |
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| Guadeloupe (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Guadeloupe (Dutch)
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| Guadeloupe (Shona)
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| Guadeloupe (Croatian)
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| Guadeloupe (French-P)
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| Guadeloupe (Afrikaans)
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| Guadeloupe (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Guadeloupe (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Guadeloupe (Finnish)
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| Guadeloupe (Swedish)
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| Guadeloupe (Danish)
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| Guadeloupe (Czech)
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| Guadeloupe (German)
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| Guadeloupe (Slovak)
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| Guadeloupe (Catalan)
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| Guadeloupe (Welsh)
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| Guadeloupe (Northern Sami)
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| Guadeloupe (Somali)
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| Guadeloupe (Romansh)
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| Guadeloupe (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Guadeloupe (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Guadeloupe (North Ndebele)
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| Guadeloupe (Greenlandic)
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| Guadeloupe (Estonian)
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| Guadeloupe (Vietnamese)
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| Guadeloupe (Indonesian)
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| Guadeloupe (Faroese)
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| Région Guadeloupe (C,V,French)
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| Guadeloupe, Region of (C,V)
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| Region of Guadeloupe (C,V,English)
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| Département de la Guadeloupe (C,V,French)
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| Department of Guadeloupe (C,O,English)
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| Guadalupe (C,O,Basque)
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| Guadalupe (Galician)
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| Guadalupe (Spanish)
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| Guadalupe (Turkish)
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| Guadalupe (Portuguese)
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| La Guadeloupe (C,V)
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| GLP (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GP (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO312 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Guadeloupean (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Goadelopy (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Guadaloupe (C,U)
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| Guadalúip (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Guadalupa (C,U,Italian)
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| Guadelupa (C,U,Romanian)
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| Guadelupe nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Guadelûpu (C,U,Sangho)
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| Guwadelup (C,U,Akan)
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| Gvadalupe (C,U,Slovene)
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| Gvadelupa (C,U,Latvian)
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| Gvadelupė (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Gvadelupe (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Gvadelúpeyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Gvadelupo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Gwaadalup (C,U,Fulah)
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| Gwadaluf (C,U,Hausa)
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| Gwadalupe (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Gwadeloup (C,U,Breton)
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| Gwadelup (C,U,Bambara)
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| Gwadelupa (C,U,Polish)
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| Gwadelupe (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Gwadelupe (Rundi)
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| Gwadelupe (Maltese)
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| Gwadelupe (Swahili (generic))
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| Gwadɛlupɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| i-Guadeloupe (C,U,Zulu)
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| Kuatalupe (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Ngwadelupe (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Orílẹ́ède Gadelope (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Qvadalup (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| גוואדלופ (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ग्वाडेलुप (C,U,Nepali)
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| Гваделупа (C,U,Russian)
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| Гваделупа (Ukrainian)
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| Гваделупа (Bulgarian)
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| جوادلوب (C,U,Arabic)
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| Γουαδελούπη (C,U,Greek)
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| ጉዋደሉፕ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ጉዋደሉፕ (Amharic)
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| გვადელუპე (C,U,Georgian)
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| Гвадалупе (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Гвадэлупа (C,U,Belarusian)
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| গুয়াদেলৌপ (C,U,Bengali)
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| گواڈیلوپ (C,U,Urdu)
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| ಗುಡೆಲೋಪ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ગ્વાડેલોપ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| กวาเดอลูป (C,U,Thai)
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| グアドループ (C,U,Japanese)
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| 과들루프 (C,U,Korean)
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| ଗୌଡେଲୌପେ (C,U,Odia)
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| ग्वाडेलोउपे (C,U,Marathi)
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| గ్వాడేలోప్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| க்வாதேலோப் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Гваделупе (C,U,Serbian)
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| ग्वाडेलोप (C,U,Hindi)
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| ഗുവാഡെലോപ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ກົວເດີລູບ (C,U,Lao)
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| گوادلوپ (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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first held by France in 1635, though continuously held only since 1816 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas department (C) |
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of France, received departmental status in 1946 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Basse Terre .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre arrondissement, Basse-Terre island) [1016594] |
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