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Pelopónnisos (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 022 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area forming S part of mainland Greece; originally inhabited by Leges & Pelasgians, who may have built Mycenae and Tiryns; Achaeans arrived 14th century BCE; Dorians displaced them 12th century BCE; torn by Persian Wars 500 BCE and Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE. |
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Pelopónnisos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated))
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Pelopónnesos (C,V)
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Peloponnesos (C,V)
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Peloponnesus (C,V)
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Peloponnisos (C,V,English)
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Morea (C,V)
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............ | since 12th cen., refers to its shape like a mulberry leaf, from Latin "Morus" |
Péloponnèse (C,O,French)
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Peloponnes (C,O,German)
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Peloponnese (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Pelopónnisos region (C,O,display)
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Periféreia Peloponnísou (C,U,O,Greek (transliterated)-P)
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GR62 (C,U,FIPS)
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Peloponnísos (C,U,Greek)
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Region of Peloponnisos (C,U,English)
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Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου (C,U,Greek-P)
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Πελοποννήσος (C,U,Greek)
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Πελοπόννησος (C,U,Greek)
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Peloponneso (C,U,Italian)
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펠로폰니소스 주 (C,U,Korean)
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Pelopónnisos .......... (general region) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Pelopónnisos region, Argolís regional division) [7226273] |
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