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SOFIA [4 records]

Record 1 2021-09-23

English

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

A region of Madagascar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Région de Madagascar.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
BG-23
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A district, also called an oblast, of Bulgaria.

OBS

BG-23: code recognized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • Sophia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
BG-23
classification system code, see observation
OBS

District de la Bulgarie, aussi nommé un oblast.

OBS

BG-23 : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-28

English

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

Capital of Bulgaria.

OBS

Inhabitant: Sofian.

Key term(s)
  • Sophia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Capitale de la Bulgarie.

OBS

Habitant : Sofiote.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son générique, par exemple ville, village.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Capital de Bulgaria.

OBS

Habitante: sofiota.

OBS

El nombre de un lugar habitado adopta, en general, el género de su genérico, por ejemplo, "ciudad".

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Record 4 2003-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

NASA and the DLR, German Aerospace Center, are working together to create SOFIA [Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy] - a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified by Raytheon Aircraft Integration Services to accommodate a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope. SOFIA will be the largest airborne observatory in the world, and will make observations that are impossible for even the largest and highest of ground-based telescopes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie

Spanish

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