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Europe > United Kingdom > Identification

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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Country name United Kingdom
Country name > Abbreviation UK
Country name > Conventional long form
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales
Country name > Conventional short form United Kingdom
ISO code 826
ISO long GBR
ISO short GB
Native names
United Kingdom, Teyrnas Unedig, Unitit Kinrick, Rìoghachd Aonaichte, Ríocht Aontaithe
Oceanographic code 74
Translation > Catalan Regne Unit
Translation > French Royaume-Uni
Translation > German Vereinigtes K�nigreich
Translation > Italian Regno Unito
Translation > Portugese Reino Unido
Translation > Spanish Reino Unido
UN code 826

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SOURCES: Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 1998. Appendix 9. Short names for publication. Australian Bureau of Statistics; This entry includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation.; This entry includes all abbreviated forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names. ; The conventional long form of the country's name as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names ; The conventional short form of the country's name as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names ; ; List of native names for countries, in local script where applicable.; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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