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Record 1 2006-02-17

English

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

A Pacific island near Chile, remarkable for hundreds of stone colossi probably built by a people massacred (c. 1680) by the ancestors of the present Polynesian inhabitants. The island was annexed (1888) by Chile.

French

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  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
CONT

île de Pâques, en espagnol «Isla de Pascua», en anglais «Easter Island» : Île isolée de l'océan Pacifique, la plus orientale des terres de la Polynésie. Capitale : Hanga Roa. Cette terre d'origine volcanique [...] appartient au Chili depuis 1888 et constitue la province de Isla de Pascua depuis 1888 et constitue la province de Isla de Pascua (région Aconcagua) tout entière parc national.

OBS

Le générique du nom d'une île prend la minuscule dans un texte suivi, et la majuscule dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation.

Spanish

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