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Sámos, Nísos (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 45 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 37.7500 decimal degrees
Long: 026 48 00 E degrees minutes Long: 26.8000 decimal degrees
Note: Colonized by Ionian Greeks in 11th cen. BCE; by 6th cen. BCE was one of the leading commercial & cultural centers of the ancient world; in modern times, has belonged to Greece since 1913.
Names:
Sámos, Nísos (preferred C ,V ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )Sámos (C ,V ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )Samos (C ,V )Susam-Adasi (C ,O ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )Sámos island (C ,O ,display )Anthemousa (NA ,V ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )Nísos Sámos (NA ,V ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )Sisam Adası (NA ,V ,Turkish (transliterated) ,U )Susum Ada (NA ,V ,Greek (transliterated) ,U )
Hierarchical Position:
................ Sámos (regional division) (P )
Additional Parents:
Place Types:
island (preferred C ) ............ inhabited since 3rd mill. BC
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