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HANGA [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-02-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Place Names (outside Canada)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Easter Island
1, record 1, English, Easter%20Island
correct, Chile
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 2, record 1, English, - Easter%20Island
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Toponymes (hors Canada)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- île de Pâques
1, record 1, French, %C3%AEle%20de%20P%C3%A2ques
correct, feminine noun, Chile
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 2, record 1, French, - %C3%AEle%20de%20P%C3%A2ques
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 3, record 1, French, - %C3%AEle%20de%20P%C3%A2ques
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1993-09-17
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Hanga
1, record 2, English, Hanga
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A Niger-Kordofanian language 1, record 2, English, - Hanga
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- hanga
1, record 2, French, hanga
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Langue nigéro-kordofanienne 1, record 2, French, - hanga
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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