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États contigus [2 records]

Record 1 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ensemble des états américains continentaux et contigus, ce qui exclut donc l'Alaska et Hawaï.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
CONT

Conterminous: enclosed within one common boundary (the 48 conterminous states of the U.S.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
CONT

Aux quarante-huit états contigus [...] se sont joints en 1959 l'Alaska et Hawaii.

Spanish

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