Geographic terms generally follow standard American English spelling from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/). The terms are listed by continent, then country, and then by city or region. Some of the geographic terms contain accents and foreign characters.
If you would like a complete list of the terms, please download histreseurindex.doc.
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NT Eastern Africa; Sub Sahara; West Africa
Algeria
Benin
Cameroon
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Malawi
Nyasaland
Nigeria
South Africa
NT Caribbean; Central America; North America; South America
RT America USE United States
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Cuba
French Guyana
Gyana
Martinique
Mexico
Netherlands Antilles
Peru
Puerto Rico
United States
USE FOR America
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
NT Middle East; South Asia
Armenia
Bengal
Burma
USE Myanmar
Ceylon
China
Hindustan
USE Uttar Pradesh
Myanmar
India
Indochina
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Jordan
Malaysia
Palestine
Pakistan
Russia
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tibet
Turkey
Turkistan
Ukraine
Vietnam
Australia
New Zealand
Oceania
Reunion
NT Balkan Peninsula (SEE ALSO Albania; Bosnia Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Moldowa; Slovenia); Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; European Union
USE FOR East Germany; West Germany
Holland
USE Netherlands
USE FOR Republic of Ireland; Northern Ireland
USE FOR Holland
Northern Ireland
USE Ireland
Republic of Ireland
USE Ireland
United Kingdom
SEE ALSO England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
USSR
USE Russia
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