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Iona (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 56 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 56.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -6.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Became seat of Celtic Christianity when St. Columba arrived from Ireland in 563; sacked by Norsemen during 9th-10th cen.; contains ruins of 13th-cen. Benedictine monastery & St. Oran's churchyard; economy is based on tourism, & raising of sheep & cattle. |
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| Iona (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Icolmkill (C,V)
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| I (C,V)
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| Hy (C,V)
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| Iona island (C,V,display)
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| Ia (H,V)
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| Iova Insula (H,V)
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| Island of Columba of the Church (H,V)
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Iona (island) (P) |
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Iona (island) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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was inhabited as early as Iron Age |
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