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HEART DIXIE [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-11

English

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

A southern state of U.S.A., bounded on north by Tennessee, on east by Georgia, on south by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

OBS

The State of Alabama became the 22nd state of the United States of America in 1819.

OBS

Nicknames : Cotton State, Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie.

OBS

Capital: Montgomery. Chief city: Birmingham.

OBS

AL: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

État du Sud-Est des États-Unis, limité au nord par le Tennessee, au sud par la Floride et le golfe du Mexique.

OBS

Histoire : La région explorée par Hernando de Soto (1540), occupée par les Anglais (1763-1783) et par les Espagnols (1783-1813), devient État en 1819.

OBS

L'État de l'Alabama est devenu le 22e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1819.

OBS

Capitale : Montgomery.

OBS

AL : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

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

No existe consenso entre los autores sobre el género de los nombres de los estados. Generalmente se hace la concordancia con el genérico masculino "estado".

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