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Warsaw, [a] officially the Capital City of Warsaw, [8] [b] is the capital and largest city of Poland.The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. [2]
Pulaski State Prison, named after Casimir Pulaski a Polish nobleman and general in American Revolutionary War. [9] Waleska, the name comes from a Polish noble female surname Walewska. [19] Warsaw, named after the capital city of Poland - Warsaw (pol. Warszawa). [7]
Warsaw, named after the capital of Poland in tribute to Tadeusz Kościuszko, was platted on October 21, 1836. [6] Warsaw's post office was established in 1837. [ 7 ]
Astana was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1997 and its predecessor the Kazakh SSR from 1929 to 1991. Asunción Paraguay: South America: Atafu (atoll administration) Tokelau: Oceania: Most populous city and smallest atoll. New Zealand owns Tokelau. Nukunonu (atoll administration)
Places named for people can be found at List of places in the United States named after people. Some places have an indeterminate etymology, where it is known that they are named after a city in a particular country, but there is more than one place with that name and the etymology does not distinguish which one.
Paris Club, a group of major creditor countries whose officials meet ten times a year in the city of Paris, with the intent to find coordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries. PIGS, also PIIGS, the economies of the countries of Portugal, Greece, Spain, Italy and/or Ireland.
The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as the CIA World Factbook. The standard is also known as DAFIF 0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 ( Defense Intelligence Agency , 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features").
America is also inscribed on the Paris Green Globe (or Globe vert) which has been attributed to Waldseemüller and dated to 1506–07: as well as the single name inscribed on the northern and southern parts of the New World, the continent also bears the inscription: America ab inuentore nuncupata (America, named after its discoverer). [14]