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Top of the TGN hierarchy
(hierarchy root)
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World
(facet)
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Europe
(continent)
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Adygeya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
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Albania
(nation)
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Alemannia
(historical region)
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Alsace
(historical region)
....................
Alsace-Lorraine
(general region)
....................
Andalusia
(historical region)
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Andorra
(nation)
....................
Angevin Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Aragon
(historical region)
....................
Ardennes
(general region)
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Arkhangel’sk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Augustowski, Kanał
(canal)
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Austria
(nation)
....................
Austrian Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
Austrian Silesia
(historical region)
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Auvergne
(historical region)
....................
Baltic Countries
(general region)
....................
Banat
(general region)
....................
Bashkortostan Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Batavian Republic
(historical region)
....................
Belarus
(nation)
....................
Belgium
(nation)
....................
Belgorod Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Benelux Economic Union
(union)
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Bessarabia
(general region)
....................
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(nation)
....................
Brabant
(historical region)
....................
Brandenburg
(general region)
....................
Brittany
(historical region)
....................
Bryansk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
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Bukovina
(general region)
....................
Bulgaria
(nation)
....................
Camino de Santiago de Compostela
(road)
....................
Caput Adriae
(historical region)
....................
Caucasus
(general region) [
N
]
....................
Cedillo, Embalse de
(reservoir)
....................
Central Europe
(general region)
....................
Cerdagne
(general region)
....................
Chechnya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Chuvashiya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Croatia
(nation)
....................
Czechoslovakia
(general region)
....................
Czech Republic
(nation)
....................
Dacia
(historical region)
....................
Dagestan
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Denmark
(nation)
....................
Deutsch-Luxemburgischer Naturpark
(park)
....................
Dobruja
(historical region)
....................
Donets Basin
(region (geographic))
....................
Eastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Eastern Rumelia
(region (administrative division))
....................
Edirne
(province) [
N
]
....................
English Pale, The
(general region)
....................
Epirus
(general region)
....................
Estonia
(nation)
....................
Etruria
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
European Community
(association)
....................
European Economic Area
(zone)
....................
European Free Trade Association
(area)
....................
European Union
(union)
....................
Euro Zone
(union)
....................
Faeroe Islands
(dependent state)
....................
Finland
(nation)
....................
First Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
First French Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Flanders
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
France
(nation)
....................
Frankish Kingdoms
(historical region)
....................
Friesland
(general region)
....................
Galicia
(general region)
....................
Gaul
(historical region)
....................
Gent naar Terneuzen, Kanaal van
(canal)
....................
German Democratic Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
German Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Germany
(nation)
....................
Gibraltar
(dependent state)
....................
Grand Duchy of Moscow
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Grand Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Great Saint Bernard Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Greece
(nation)
....................
Guernsey
(dependent state)
....................
Hainaut
(general region)
....................
Hanseatic League
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Hispania
(ancient region)
....................
Hispania Ulterior
(province)
....................
Holy See
(nation)
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Hungary
(nation)
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Iceland
(nation)
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Illyria
(general region)
....................
Ingria
(region (geographic))
....................
Ingushetia
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Ionia
(general region)
....................
Ireland
(nation)
....................
Iron Gate Reservoir
(reservoir)
....................
Isle of Man
(dependent state)
....................
İstanbul
(province) [
N
]
....................
Italy
(nation)
....................
Ivanovo Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Jan Mayen
(dependent state)
....................
Jersey
(dependent state)
....................
Kabardino-Balkariya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Kaliningrad Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Kalmykiya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Kaluga Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn
(canal)
....................
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Karelia
(general region)
....................
Kareliya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Khazar Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Kingdom of Italy
(historical region)
....................
Kingdom of Sicily
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Kırklareli
(province) [
N
]
....................
Kirov Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Klettgau
(general region)
....................
Komi-Permyatskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug
(former administrative division) [
N
]
....................
Komi Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Kosovo
(independent nation)
....................
Kostroma Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Krasnodar Kray
(kray) [
N
]
....................
Kursk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Lake Constance region
(general region)
....................
Lapland
(general region)
....................
Latvia
(nation)
....................
Leningrad Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Levant
(general region) [
N
]
....................
Liechtenstein
(nation)
....................
Limburg
(general region)
....................
Limousin
(historical region)
....................
Lipetsk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
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Lithuania
(nation)
....................
Livonia
(general region)
....................
Lorraine
(historical region)
....................
<lost & found/Europe>
(miscellaneous)
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Low Countries
(general region)
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Lower Rhine
(historical region)
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Lower Trajan's Wall
(historic site)
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Luxembourg
(nation)
....................
Luxembourg
(general region)
....................
Macedonia
(former nation/state/empire)
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Malta
(nation)
....................
Malta Channel
(canal)
....................
Mariy-El Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Merovingian Kingdom
(historical region)
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Moesia
(province)
....................
Moldavia
(general region)
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Moldova
(nation)
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Monaco
(nation)
....................
Mont Blanc Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Mont Cenis, Tunnel du
(tunnel)
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Montenegro
(nation)
....................
Mordoviya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
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Mosan
(general region)
....................
Moscow Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Murmansk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Muskauer Park
(park)
....................
Narvskoye Vodokhranilishche
(reservoir)
....................
Navarre
(general region)
....................
Nenets
(autonomous district) [
N
]
....................
Netherlands
(nation)
....................
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Nordic
(general region)
....................
Northern Europe
(general region)
....................
North Macedonia
(nation)
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North Ossetia
(republic) [
N
]
....................
North Sea Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Northwestern Europe
(general region)
....................
Norway
(nation)
....................
Novgorod Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Novi Pazar, Sanjak of
(former administrative division)
....................
Odyrsae
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Old Swiss Confederacy
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Orel
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Orenburg Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Ostland
(occupied territory)
....................
Ostrogothic Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pannonia
(general region)
....................
Penza Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Permskaya Oblast'
(former administrative division) [
N
]
....................
Poland
(nation)
....................
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pomerania
(general region)
....................
Portugal
(nation)
....................
Prussia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pskov Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Rabnitz
(canal)
....................
Romania
(nation)
....................
Rostov Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Ryazan Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Saimaan Kanava
(canal)
....................
Saint Petersburg
(autonomous city) [
N
]
....................
Samara Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
San Marino
(nation)
....................
Saratov Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Sarmatia
(general region)
....................
Savoy
(historical region)
....................
Scandinavia
(general region)
....................
Scythia
(historical region) [
N
]
....................
Second Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Second Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Septimania
(historical region)
....................
Serbia
(nation)
....................
Serbia and Montenegro
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Serbian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Silesia
(historical region)
....................
Simplon Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Slovakia
(nation)
....................
Slovenia
(nation)
....................
Smolensk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Southeastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
South Flanders
(historical region)
....................
Soviet Union
(former nation/state/empire) [
N
]
....................
Spain
(nation)
....................
Spanish Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
Stânca-Costești, Lacul
(reservoir)
....................
Stavropol’ Kray
(kray) [
N
]
....................
Svalbard
(dependent state)
....................
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
(general region)
....................
Sweden
(nation)
....................
Swedish Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Switzerland
(nation)
....................
Tambov Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Tatarstan Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Tekirdağ
(province) [
N
]
....................
Tende, Tunnel de
(tunnel)
....................
Teschen
(general region)
....................
Thrace
(historical region)
....................
Thule
(lost area)
....................
Thuringia
(historical region)
....................
Transpadane Republic
(historical region)
....................
Tsardom of Russia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Tula Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Tver’ Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Udmurtiya Republic
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Ukraine
(nation)
....................
Uladh, Cúige
(general region)
....................
Ulster Canal
(canal)
....................
Ul’yanovsk Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
United Kingdom
(nation)
....................
Upper Rhine
(historical region)
....................
Via Belgica
(route)
....................
Vladimir Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Volgograd Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Vologda Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Voronezh Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Weimar Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Western Europe
(general region)
....................
West Germany
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Westhoek
(general region)
....................
Yaroslavl’ Oblast
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Yugoslavia
(former nation/state/empire)
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