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Places
Places term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
Tak Tsang (tiger's nest) 0 0
Switzerland (1) 6 0
Sweden (1)

Use for: Sverige

  • A country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. Sweden occupies the greater part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, which it shares with Norway. The land slopes gently from the high mountains along the Norwegian frontier eastward to the Baltic Sea.
 1 0
Sutherland 1 0
Suez Canal 0 0
St Petersburg 1 0
St. Helena

Use for: Saint Helena, St Helena

  • island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa.
 1 0
Srinagar 0 0
Srinagar 0 0
Sri Lanka

Use for: Ceylon

  • island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km).
  • Ceylon was a British colony from 1815 to 1948. In 1948 Ceylon was granted independence and became a dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations. In May 1972 Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.
 1 0