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Guernsey


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  • Codes

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  • Variants

    • Bailiado de Guernesey
    • Bailiado de Guernsey
    • Bailiazgo de Guernsey
    • Bailiwick of Guernsey
    • Báillcheantar Gheansaí
    • Bailliage de Guernesey
    • Bailliage dé Guernési
    • Baliaggio di Guernsey
    • Baliato di Guernsey
    • Baliwat Guernsey
    • Batllia de Guernsey
    • Bayleeaght Ghuernsey
    • Beilïaeth Ynys y Garn
    • Beĭlivik Hernsi
    • Bejlifstvo Gernzi
    • Địa hạt Guernsey
    • Gānjī
    • Geansaí
    • Genxi
    • Gernsi
    • Gērnsija
    • Gernsis
    • Gernzi
    • Gkernsei
    • Gŏnchi Sŏm
    • Gȯrnzin Arl
    • Guernésey
    • Guèrneseyi
    • Guerneseyko Bailiazgoa
    • Guernési
    • Guernsey (Channel Islands)
    • Guernsey Eyaleti
    • Guernsey foogtkond
    • Gŭrnzi
    • Gvernsejo
    • Gwasi
    • Gwernenez
    • Gwernenys
    • Hernsi
    • Kōnihi
    • Lesia
    • Lisia
    • Moutere Kōnihi
    • Rychtářství Guernsey
    • Sarnia (Bailiwick)
    • States of Guernsey
    • Vogtei Guernsey
    • Vostraŭ Hernsi
    • Ynys y Garn
    • Γκέρνσεϊ
    • Бејлифство Гернзи
    • Бейлівік Гернсі
    • Востраў Гернсі
    • Гърнзи
    • Гернси
    • Гернсі
    • Гернзи
    • גרנזי
    • ガーンジー
    • 根西
    • 건지 섬
  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Descriptor

        British crown dependency
    • Descriptor

        Bailiwicks
    • Descriptor

        Dependencies
    • Associated Locale

        Channel Islands
    • Associated Locale

        Europe
    • Associated Locale

        Europe, Western
            • Has Demonym

            • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

            • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

            • Earlier Established Forms

              • Guernsey (Channel Islands)
            • Sources

              • found: Guernsey at war [MP], 1941.
              • found: Wikipedia, Sept. 20, 2007(Guernsey; The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy; As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou and other islets; Guernsey is not part of the UK, nor the European Union, but is rather a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of Man; together with the Bailiwick of Jersey, it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands. Guernsey belongs to the Common Travel Area)
              • found: GEOnet, viewed Aug. 6, 2013(Guernsey (approved), Bailiwick of Guernsey (approved), Guernsey (short), dependent political entity ; 49⁰35ʹ00ʺN 002⁰20ʹ00ʺW)
              • found: Bailiwick of Guernsey website, viewed Aug. 6, 2013("the Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet possessions. The Bailiwick of Guernsey also administers some aspects of two nearby crown dependencies (Alderney and Sark), and the island of Brecqhou"; the name Sarnia was thought to have been a name for Guernsey, but recent research indicates it might have been the Latin name for Sark)
              • found: CIA World factbook online, viewed Aug. 6, 2013(conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey; conventional short form: Guernsey; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands; Guernsey is a British crown dependency but is not part of the UK or of the European Union; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes: Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale) August 14, 2015 (Guernsey; geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W)
              • found: States of Guernsey website, viewed Aug. 27, 2013under Government and Administration (States of Guernsey is the name given to the Government of Guernsey)
              • found: Wikipedia, August 14, 2015:Aragonese page (Guernési) Arpitan page (Guèrneseyi) Azerbaijani page (Gernsi [in roman]) Belarusian page (Востраў Гернсі = Vostraŭ Hernsi; Гернсі = Hernsi; Бейлівік Гернсі = Beĭlivik Hernsi) Bulgarian page (Гърнзи = Gŭrnzi) Breton page (Gwernenez) Catalan page (Batllia de Guernsey) Czech page (Rychtářství Guernsey) Welsh page (Ynys y Garn; Beilïaeth Ynys y Garn) German page (Vogtei Guernsey) Estonian page (Guernsey foogtkond) Greek page (Γκέρνσεϊ = Gkernsei) Spanish page (Bailiazgo de Guernsey) Esperanto page (Gvernsejo) Basque page (Guernesey; Guerneseyko Bailiazgoa) Irish page (Geansaí; Báillcheantar Gheansaí) Manx page (Bayleeaght Ghuernsey) Kalmyk page (Gȯrnzin Arl) Korean page (건지 섬 = Gŏnchi Sŏm) Italian page (Baliato/Baliaggio di Guernsey) Hebrew page (גרנזי = Gernzi) Cornish page (Gwernenys) Kinyarwanda page (Gwasi) Latin page (Lisia; Lesia) Latvian page (Gērnsija) Lithuanian page (Gernsis) Macedonian page (Гернзи = Gernzi; Бејлифство Гернзи = Bejlifstvo Gernzi) Māori page (Kōnihi; Moutere Kōnihi) Japanese page (ガーンジー = Gānjī) Nouormand page (Bailliage dé Guernési) Polish page (Baliwat Guernsey) Portuguese page (Bailiado de Guernesey / Guernsey) Russian page (Гернси = Gernsi) Serbian page (Гернзи = Gernzi) Turkish page (Guernsey Eyaleti) Ukrainian page (Гернсі = Hernsi; Бейлівік Гернсі = Beĭlivik Hernsi) Vietnamese page (Địa hạt Guernsey) Chinese page (根西 = Genxi)
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            • Change Notes

              • 1982-09-24: new
              • 2020-03-04: revised
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