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Warsaw (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Noted for repeated resurrection from wars & occupation over centuries; flourished 14th-15th cen.; almost completely destroyed by Czar Nicholas I of Russia in 19th cen.; destroyed in German air raid in 1939, but original buildings were restored or rebuilt. |
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| Warszawa (preferred,C,V)
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| Warsaw (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Warschau (C,O)
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| Varsovie (C,O)
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| ורשה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Warszowa (H,V)
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............ | name of original village, name documented in 12th cen. |
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Warsaw (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 9th cen.; sizable town grew up around fortification when village of Jazdow was moved here in 13th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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first established in 1596; reestablished on February 1, 1945 |
| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the Duchy of Masovia from early 15th cen.-1526; of the kings of Poland from 1526-1656; of the Grand-Duchy of Warsaw from 1806-1830; of the Congress Kingdom of Poland from 1815-1830 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Poland .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [7006366] |
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