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Vice Counties (UK) (2)

Use for: VC, Vice-county, vice county, vice-counties, Watsonian vice-county

  • a geographical division of the British Isles. It is also called biological vice-county as it is used for purposes of biological recording and other scientific data-gathering, or sometimes called a Watsonian vice-county as vice-counties were introduced by Hewett Cottrell Watson in the third volume of his Cybele Britannica, published in 1852.
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Virunga Mountain Chain 1 0
Wales

Use for: Cymru, Cambria

  • constituent unit of the United Kingdom that forms a westward extension of the island of Great Britain. The capital and main commercial and financial centre is Cardiff.
  • In 1536 Wales was united with England to form England and Wales. In 1707 Scotland was united with England and Wales to form Great Britain. Subsequent to a referendum held in 1998, devolution into an autonomous entity within the United Kingdom became effective 1 July 1999 with the state opening of the Welsh National Assembly in Cardiff by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Wangdi potrang 0 0
Wangdu Potrang 0 0
Wangdupotrang 0 0
Warwickshire 1 0
West Bengal (India) (1)
  • a state in the eastern part of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal.
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West Lothian (1) 0 0
Whittinghame (Scotland) 1 0