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ID: 7009741
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009741
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dundee (inhabited place)  Dundee (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 002 58 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on Firth of Tay; country's third largest city; made a royal burgh ca. 1190; site of much bloodshed between Scots & English for 400 years; whaling center since early times; center for linen, jute & rope; slum clearance removed many old buildings.

Names:
Dundee (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Allectum (H,O)
Donum Dei (H,O)
Toadunum (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Dundee (unitary authority)  ................  Dundee (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Dundee (inhabited place)  ....................  Dundee (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  designated a royal burgh in 12th cen.
city (C)  ............  since 1889
regional capital (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)
manufacturing center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Allectum..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 14
Donum Dei..........  [VP]
....................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 14
Dundee..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 263
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 273
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
Toadunum..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 14
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 263
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 273
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594859
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 14
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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