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Plaatsen
Plaatsen term Notitie toepassingsgebied Archivistische beschrijving count Geauthoriseerde beschrijving count
Northern Ireland 0 0
Republic of Yemen (1)

Use for: Yemen, Yemeni Republic

0 0
Soqotra

Use for: Saqatri

4 0
British Coloumbia (CAN) (1)

Use for: British Coloumbia (Canada)

  • Westernmost of Canada’s 10 provinces. It is bounded to the north by Yukon and the Northwest Territories, to the east by the province of Alberta, to the south by the U.S. states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean and the southern panhandle region of the U.S. state of Alaska.
0 0
Vancouver (BC)

Use for: Vancouver, Canada

  • A city, southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the major urban centre of western Canada and the focus of one of the country’s most populous metropolitan regions. Vancouver lies between Burrard Inlet (an arm of the Strait of Georgia) to the north and the Fraser River delta to the south, opposite Vancouver Island. The city is just north of the U.S. state of Washington.
 0 0
Virunga Mountains

Use for: Birunga Mountains, Mufumbiro Mountains

  • A volcanic range north of Lake Kivu in east-central Africa, extending about 50 miles (80 km) along the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The range runs east-west, perpendicular to the rift valley in which lie Lakes Kivu and Edward.
1 0
Bengal

Use for: Bangla

  • a historical region in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, generally corresponding to the area inhabited by speakers of the Bengali language and now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Bengal formed part of most of the early empires that controlled northern India.
  • British, who had established themselves at Calcutta (Kolkata) in western Bengal in 1690 and who took possession of the nawabs’ realm in 1757–64. Bengal was thenceforth the base for British expansion in India.
 1 0
Ben Lawers

Use for: Ben Lawers, Scotland, Beinn Labhair

  • the highest mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It lies north of Loch Tay and is the highest peak of the 'Ben Lawers group', a ridge that includes six other Munros.
  • 56°32′44″N 4°13′15″W
 1 0
Barra

Use for: Barra, Scotland

  • Atlantic island of the Outer Hebrides group, Western Isles council area, historic county of Inverness-shire, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the neighbouring island of South Uist.
 1 0
Beijing

Use for: Peking, China, Peking, Beijing, China

  • a municipality constituting a special administrative unit in northeastern China and serving as the national capital.
 0 0