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Glasgow (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 15 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Country's largest city & site of early Industrial Revolution in 18th cen.; religious center founded by St. Kentigern in 550; American Revolution disrupted trade until shipbuilding & textile industries began; notorious slums disappeared during 1980s. |
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| Glasgow (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Glas Chu (C,V)
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| Glasgow City (NA,V,O,English,U)
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| UKV2 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| גלזגו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Glas Cau (H,V)
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Glasgow (unitary authority) (P) |
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Glasgow (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as a fortified prehistoric village by Stone & Bronze Ages, modern town was designated a royal burgh in 1450 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| shipbuilding center (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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