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United Kingdom (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was inhabited by ancient Celtic-speaking peoples; invaded by Rome 55 BCE, Romans withdrew 410 CE; invaded by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, Danes and Normans; various parts have been united by England since the 11th century; was core of large empire 18th-20th century; official language is English, though Scottish Gaelic and Welsh are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| United Kingdom (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| United Kingdom (Somali)
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| United Kingdom (Oromo)
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| United Kingdom (Afar)
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| United Kingdom (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| United Kingdom (North Ndebele)
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| United Kingdom (Shona)
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| Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom of (C,V,English,U)
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| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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............ | adopted in 1927 |
| Great Britain (C,V,English,U)
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| Britain (C,V,English,U)
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| Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume-Uni (C,O,French)
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| Vereinigte Königreich (C,O)
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| Grossbritannien und Nordirland (C,O)
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| Reino Unido (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Reino Unido (Spanish,U,N)
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| Reino Unido (Galician)
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| Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Verenigd Koninkrijk (C,O,Dutch)
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| Regno Unito (C,O,Italian)
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| Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| المم ىَة المخحدة بًرًطاه اَ ا عًظمى وآ رًٍيدا اضًما ةًَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| UK (C,V,ISO2L,English)
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| GBR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| ISO826 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| British (C,O,English,U,A)
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| בריטניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Ahendiman Nkabom (C,U,Akan)
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| Angeletele (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Angilɛtɛri (C,U,Bambara)
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| Angletera (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Angɛlɛtɛ́lɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| An Ríocht Aontaithe (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| An Rìoghachd Aonaichte (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Apvienotā Karaliste (C,U,Latvian)
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| Birləşmiş Krallıq (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Birleşik Krallık (C,U,Turkish)
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| Birtaniya (C,U,Hausa)
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| Böyük Britaniya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Bretland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Britania Raya (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Britanniarum Regnum (C,U,Latin)
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| Bungereza (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Det Forenede Kongerige (C,U,Danish)
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| Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland (C,U,Danish)
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| Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irland (C,U,Norwegian)
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| Didžioji Britanija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Egyesült Királyság (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Erresuma Batua (C,U,Basque)
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| Geāned Cynerīce (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Grande-Bretagne (C,U,French)
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| Groot-Brittanje (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Groot-Brittannië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Großbritannien (C,U,German)
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| Großbritannien und Nordirland (C,U,German)
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| Groussbritannien (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Groussbritannien an Nordirland (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Grut-Brittanje (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Hukllachasqa Qhapaq Suyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Inggris Raya (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Ĭng-guók (C,U,Chinese, Min Dong)
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| İngiltere (C,U,Turkish)
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| Ingilterra (C,U,Maltese)
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| i-United Kingdom (C,U,Zulu)
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| Jungtinė Didžiosios Britanijos ir Šiaurės Airijos Karalystė (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Jungtinė Karalystė (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kerajaan Inggris (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Keyaniya Yekbûyî (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Keyatiya Yekbûyî ya Brîtaniya Mezin û Îrlanda (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Kīngitanga Kotahi (C,U,Maori)
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| Ködörögbïä--Ôko (C,U,Sangho)
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| Laamateeri Rentundi (C,U,Fulah)
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| Lielbritānija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste (C,U,Latvian)
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| Marea Britanie (C,U,Romanian)
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| Mbretëria e Bashkuar (C,U,Albanian)
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| Mbretëria e Bashkuar e Britanisë së Madhe dhe Irlandës së Veriut (C,U,Albanian)
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| Nagkakaisang Kaharain (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Nagkakaisang Kaharian (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Nagkaykaysa a Pagarian (C,U,Ilocano)
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| Ngeretha (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Omobabirin (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Paratāne (C,U,Tahitian)
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| Phandlo Thagaripen la Bare Britaniyako thai le Nordutne Irlandesko (C,U)
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| Pilitānia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Pisanmetung a Ka-arian (C,U,Pampanga)
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| Prydain Fawr (C,U,Welsh)
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| Reeriaght Unnaneysit (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord (C,U,Romanian)
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| Reginavel Unì (C,U,Romansh)
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| Reginavel Unì da la Gronda Britannia ed Irlanda dal Nord (C,U,Romansh)
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| Regne Unit (C,U,Catalan)
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| Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord (C,U,Catalan)
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| Regno Unïo (C,U,Ligurian)
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| Regno Unite (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Regnum Unitum (C,U,Latin)
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| Regn Unì (C,U,Piemontese)
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| Regnu Unitu (C,U,Corsican)
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| Regnu Unitu (Sicilian)
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| Reialme Unit (C,U,Occitan)
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| Reiaume Unit (C,U,Occitan)
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| Reino Unido - United Kingdom (C,U,Galician)
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| Reino Unito (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Reinu Naklibur (C,U,Tetum)
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| Reinu Uníu (C,U,Asturian)
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| Reinu Xuníu (C,U,Asturian)
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| Renju Unit (C,U,Maltese)
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| Rouantelezh-Unanet (C,U,Breton)
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| Rouantelezh Unanet Breizh-Veur ha Norzhiwerzhon (C,U,Breton)
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| Rouoyaume Unni (C,U)
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| Royômo-Uni (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Rywvaneth Unys (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Rywvaneth Unys (Cornish)
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| Spojené království (C,U,Czech)
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| Spojené kráľovstvo (C,U,Slovak)
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| Stóra Bretland (C,U,Faroese)
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| Stóra-Bretland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Storbritannia (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Storbritannia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Storbritannia (Norwegian)
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| Storbritannien (C,U,Danish)
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| Storbritannien (Swedish)
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| Stuorra-Británnia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Suurbritannia (C,U,Estonian)
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| Tuluit Nunaat (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Ubwongereza (C,U,Rundi)
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| Ühendkuningriik (C,U,Estonian)
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| Uingereza (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Ujedinjena Kraljevina (C,U,Croatian)
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| Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo (C,U,Croatian)
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| Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo (Bosnian)
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| U.K. (C,U,English)
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| Unionita Rejio (C,U,Ido)
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| United Kingdom nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Unitit Kinrick (C,U,Scots)
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| Unuiĝinta Reĝlando (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Vaeinigts Kinireich (C,U,Bavarian)
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| Velika Britanija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Velika Britanija (Bosnian)
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| Velika Britanija (Slovene)
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| Velká Británie (C,U,Czech)
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| Vereenigt Königriek vun Grootbritannien un Noordirland (C,U,Low German)
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| Vereineg Keuninkriek (C,U,Limburgan)
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| Vereinigtes Königreich (C,U,German)
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| Verenigde Koninkryk (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Vương quốc Anh (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Vương quốc Liên hiệp Anh và Bắc Ireland (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Wayòm Ini (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Wielka Brytania (C,U,Polish)
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| Y Deyrnas Unedig (C,U,Welsh)
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| Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Yhtys Kuningaskundu (C,U)
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| Združeno kraljestvo (V. Britanija in S. Irska) (C,U,Slovene)
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| Združeno kraljestvo Velike Britanije in Severne Irske (C,U,Slovene)
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| Zjednoćene kralestwo (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii (C,U,Polish)
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| Вялікабрытанія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (C,U,Greek)
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| Стыр Британи (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Միավորված Թագավորություն (C,U,Armenian)
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| شانشینی یەکگرتوو (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| Великобританія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Մեծ Բրիտանիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| Обединето Кралство (C,U,Macedonian)
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| بريتانيا (C,U,Pashto)
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| بۈيۈك بېرىتانىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Обединено кралство Великобритания и Северна Ирландия (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| بریتانیا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| संयुक्त राजशाही (C,U,Hindi)
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| Обединено кралство (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Велікабрытанія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ཡུ་ནའི་ཊེཊ་ཀིང་ཌམ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| پادشاهی متحده (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| پادشاهی متحد بریتانیای کبیر و ایرلند شمالی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| برتانیه (C,U,Pashto)
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| Велика Британија (C,U,Serbian)
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| Велика Британија (Macedonian)
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| สหราชอาณาจักร (C,U,Thai)
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| ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም (C,U,Amharic)
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| გაერთიანებული სამეფო (C,U,Georgian)
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| 영국 (C,U,Korean)
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| イギリス (C,U,Japanese)
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| ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܡܚܝܕܬܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| برطانیہ (C,U,Urdu)
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| যুক্তরাজ্য (C,U,Bengali)
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| Великобритания (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Великобритания (Russian)
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| დიდი ბრიტანეთი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ສະຫະລາດຊະອານາຈັກ (C,U,Lao)
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| গ্রেটবৃটেন (C,U,Bengali)
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| Уједињено Краљевство (C,U,Serbian)
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| பிரிடிஷ் கூட்டரசு (C,U,Tamil)
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| బ్రిటన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Подшоҳии Муттаҳида (C,U,Tajik)
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| פאראייניגטע קעניגרייך (C,U,Yiddish)
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| 英国 (C,U,Chinese)
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| المملكة المتحدة (C,U,Arabic)
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| Велика Британія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| እንግሊዝ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| እንግሊዝ (Amharic)
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| Бирлашган Қироллик (C,U,Uzbek)
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| הממלכה המאוחדת (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Соединенное Королевство (C,U,Russian)
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| ബ്രിട്ടന് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Вялікая Брытанія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Ұлыбритания (C,U,Kazakh)
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| ବ୍ରିଟେନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| Сполучене Королівство (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း (C,U,Burmese)
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| সংযুক্ত ৰাজ্য (C,U,Assamese)
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| سلطنت متحدہ (C,U,Urdu)
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| ब्रितन (C,U,Hindi)
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| انگلستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ಬ್ರಿಟನ್/ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Միացյալ Թագավորություն (C,U,Armenian)
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| ꑱꇩ (C,U)
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| યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| එක්සත් රාජධානිය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ब्रिटन (C,U,Marathi)
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| संयुक्त अधिराज्य (C,U,Nepali)
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| དབྱིན་ཇི་ (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Britannia (H,O,Finnish)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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constituent countries joined the kingdom between 16th & 19th cen., with Northern Ireland as separate from Eire from 1925 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
London .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Greater London) [7011781] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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since 1931 |
| member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
| ................ |
(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1973 |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................................... |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013 |
| المم ىَة المخحدة بًرًطاه اَ ا عًظمى وآ رًٍيدا اضًما ةًَ.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................................................................... |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013 |
| Обединено кралство Великобритания и Северна Ирландия.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| پادشاهی متحد بریتانیای کبیر و ایرلند شمالی.......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irland.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom of.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................................................................... |
NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| Großbritannien und Nordirland.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Groussbritannien an Nordirland.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Jungtinė Didžiosios Britanijos ir Šiaurės Airijos Karalystė.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Keyatiya Yekbûyî ya Brîtaniya Mezin û Îrlanda.......... |
[VP] |
| .......................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Mbretëria e Bashkuar e Britanisë së Madhe dhe Irlandës së Veriut.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Phandlo Thagaripen la Bare Britaniyako thai le Nordutne Irlandesko.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Reginavel Unì da la Gronda Britannia ed Irlanda dal Nord.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................ |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009 |
| Reino Unido - United Kingdom.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Rouantelezh Unanet Breizh-Veur ha Norzhiwerzhon.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009 |
| Vereenigt Königriek vun Grootbritannien un Noordirland.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Vương quốc Liên hiệp Anh và Bắc Ireland.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Združeno kraljestvo (V. Britanija in S. Irska).......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Združeno kraljestvo Velike Britanije in Severne Irske.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
| Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2635167 |
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