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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) [
N
]
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Alemannia
(historical region)
....................
Alsace
(historical region)
....................
Alsace-Lorraine
(general region)
....................
Andalucía
(historical region)
....................
Andorra
(nation)
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Angevin Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Aragón
(historical region)
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Ardennes
(general region)
....................
Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Augustowski, Kanał
(canal)
....................
Austrian Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
Austrian Silesia
(historical region)
....................
Auvergne
(historical region)
....................
Baltic Countries
(general region)
....................
Banat
(general region)
....................
Bashkortostan
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Batavian Republic
(historical region)
....................
België
(nation)
....................
Belgorodskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Benelux Economic Union
(union)
....................
Bessarabia
(general region)
....................
Bieloruś
(nation)
....................
Bosna i Hercegovina
(nation)
....................
Brabant
(historical region)
....................
Brandenburg
(general region)
....................
Bretagne
(historical region)
....................
Bryanskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Bukovina
(general region)
....................
Bulgaria
(nation)
....................
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
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)
....................
Česko
(nation)
....................
Československo
(general region)
....................
Chechnya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Chuvashiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Crna Gora
(nation)
....................
Dacia
(historical region)
....................
Dagestan
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Danmark
(nation)
....................
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Deutschland
(nation)
....................
Deutsch-Luxemburgischer Naturpark
(park)
....................
Dobruja
(historical region)
....................
Donets Basin
(region (geographic))
....................
Eastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Eastern Rumelia
(region (administrative division))
....................
Edirne
(province) [
N
]
....................
Eesti
(nation)
....................
Ellás
(nation)
....................
English Pale, The
(general region)
....................
España
(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)
....................
First Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
First French Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Flanders
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Føroyar
(dependent state)
....................
France
(nation)
....................
Frankish Kingdoms
(historical region)
....................
Friesland
(general region)
....................
Galicia
(general region)
....................
Gallia Transpadana
(historical region)
....................
Gaul
(historical region)
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Gent naar Terneuzen, Kanaal van
(canal)
....................
German Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Gibraltar
(dependent state)
....................
Grand Duchy of Moscow
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Grand Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Grand-Saint-Bernard, Tunnel du
(tunnel)
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Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Greece
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Guernsey
(dependent state)
....................
Hainaut
(general region)
....................
Hanse
(former group of nations/states/cities)
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Hispania
(ancient region)
....................
Hispania Ulterior
(province)
....................
Hrvatska
(nation)
....................
Illyria
(general region)
....................
Ingria
(region (geographic))
....................
Ingushetiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Ionia
(general region)
....................
Ípiros
(general region)
....................
Ireland
(nation)
....................
Iron Gate Reservoir
(reservoir)
....................
Ísland
(nation)
....................
Isle of Man
(dependent state)
....................
İstanbul
(province) [
N
]
....................
Italia
(nation)
....................
Ivanovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Jan Mayen
(dependent state)
....................
Jersey
(dependent state)
....................
Kabardino-Balkariya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Kaliningradskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Kalmykiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Kaluzhskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn
(canal)
....................
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Karelia
(general region)
....................
Kareliya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Khazar Khaganate
(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)
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Kırklareli
(province) [
N
]
....................
Kirovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Klettgau
(general region)
....................
Komi
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Komi-Permyatskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug
(former administrative division) [
N
]
....................
Kosova
(independent nation)
....................
Kostromskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Krasnodarskiy Kray
(kray) [
N
]
....................
Kurskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Lake Constance region
(general region)
....................
Lapland
(general region)
....................
Latvija
(nation)
....................
Leningradskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Levant
(general region) [
N
]
....................
Liechtenstein
(nation)
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Lietuva
(nation)
....................
Liivimaa
(general region)
....................
Limburg
(general region)
....................
Limousin
(historical region)
....................
Lipetskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Lorraine
(historical region)
....................
<lost & found/Europe>
(miscellaneous)
....................
Low Countries
(general region)
....................
Lower Trajan's Wall
(historic site)
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Luxembourg
(nation)
....................
Luxembourg
(general region)
....................
Macedonia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Magyarország
(nation)
....................
Makedonija, Severna
(nation)
....................
Malta
(nation)
....................
Malta Channel
(canal)
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Mariy-El
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Merovingian Kingdom
(historical region)
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Moesia
(province)
....................
Moldavia
(general region)
....................
Moldova
(nation)
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Monaco
(nation)
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Mont Blanc Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Mont Cenis, Tunnel du
(tunnel)
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Mordoviya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Mosan
(general region)
....................
Moskovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Murmanskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Muskauer Park
(park)
....................
Narvskoye Vodokhranilishche
(reservoir)
....................
Navarre
(general region)
....................
Nederland
(nation)
....................
Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug
(autonomous district) [
N
]
....................
Niederrhein
(historical region)
....................
Nizhegorodskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Nordic
(general region)
....................
Norge
(nation)
....................
Northern Europe
(general region)
....................
North Sea Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
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Northwestern Europe
(general region)
....................
Novgorodskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Novi Pazar, Sanjak of
(former administrative division)
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Oberrhein
(historical region)
....................
Odyrsae
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Old Swiss Confederacy
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Orenburgskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Orlovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Österreich
(nation)
....................
Ostland
(occupied territory)
....................
Ostrogothic Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pannonia
(general region)
....................
Penzenskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Permskaya Oblast'
(former administrative division) [
N
]
....................
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Polska
(nation)
....................
Pomerania
(general region)
....................
Portugal
(nation)
....................
Prussia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Pskovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Rabnitz
(canal)
....................
România
(nation)
....................
Rostovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Ryazanskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Saimaan Kanava
(canal)
....................
Samarskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Sankt-Peterburg
(autonomous city) [
N
]
....................
San Marino
(nation)
....................
Santa Sede
(nation)
....................
Saratovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Sarmatia
(general region)
....................
Savoie
(historical region)
....................
Scandinavia
(general region)
....................
Schlesien
(historical region)
....................
Schweiz
(nation)
....................
Scythia
(historical region) [
N
]
....................
Second Bulgarian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Second Empire
(former group of nations/states/cities)
....................
Septimania
(historical region)
....................
Serbian Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Shqipëria
(nation)
....................
Simplon Tunnel
(tunnel)
....................
Slovenija
(nation)
....................
Slovensko
(nation)
....................
Smolenskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Southeastern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Europe
(general region)
....................
Southern Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
South Flanders
(historical region)
....................
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik
(former nation/state/empire) [
N
]
....................
Spanish Netherlands
(historical region)
....................
Srbija
(nation)
....................
Srbija-Crna Gora
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Stânca-Costești, Lacul
(reservoir)
....................
Stavropol’skiy Kray
(kray) [
N
]
....................
Suomi
(nation)
....................
Svalbard
(dependent state)
....................
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
(general region)
....................
Sverige
(nation)
....................
Swedish Empire
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Tambovskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Tatarstan
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Tekirdağ
(province) [
N
]
....................
Tende, Tunnel de
(tunnel)
....................
Teschen
(general region)
....................
Thrace
(historical region)
....................
Thule
(lost area)
....................
Thüringen
(historical region)
....................
Tsardom of Russia
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Tul’skaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Tverskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Udmurtiya
(republic) [
N
]
....................
Ukraina
(nation)
....................
Uladh, Cúige
(general region)
....................
Ulster Canal
(canal)
....................
Ul’yanovskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
United Kingdom
(nation)
....................
Via Belgica
(route)
....................
Vladimirskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Volgogradskaya Oblast’
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Vologodskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Voronezhskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Weimar Republic
(former nation/state/empire)
....................
Western Europe
(general region)
....................
Westhoek
(general region)
....................
Yaroslavskaya Oblast'
(oblast) [
N
]
....................
Yugoslavia
(former nation/state/empire)
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