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Kerkyra (Greece : Nome)

LC control no.n 97089046
Geographic headingKerkyra (Greece : Nome)
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Geographic subdivision usageGreece--Kerkyra (Nome)
Variant(s)Corfu (Greece : Periphereiakē Henotēta)
Corfu (Greece : Prefecture)
Kérkira (Greece : Periphereiakē Henotēta)
Kerkyra (Greece : Periphereiakē Henotēta)
Korfu (Greece : Periphereiakē Henotēta)
Nomos Kerkiras (Greece)
Nomos Kerkyras (Greece)
Perifereiakí Enótita Kérkyras (Greece)
Periphereiakē Henotēta Kerkyras (Greece)
Κέρκυρα (Greece : Nome)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Reinvestigate before using again. Consider if separate headings for the Nome and Periphereiakē Henotēta should be established or if the names should be on one authority record.
Found inCorfu, 1994: t.p. (Prefecture of Corfu) p. 20 (Nomou Kerkyras)
BGN gaz. Greece, 1960 (Kerkiras, Nomos, ppl 39°40ʹN, 19°45ʹE)
Webster's new geog. dict. (Kérkyra; one of the Ionian Is. in the Ionian Sea off SW coast of Albania and NW Greece; dept. of Greece; took the name Corfu under British rule 1809-64; became part of Greece after 1864)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 39°40ʹ00ʺN 019°45ʹ00ʺE)
Kerkyra, 2011: t.p. (Κέρκυρα = Kerkyra)
GEOnet, Sept. 19, 2012: (Perifereiakí Enótita Kérkyras or Periphereiakē Henotēta Kerkyras -- administrative division 39°37ʹ47ʺN 019°48ʹ36ʺE; short form: Kérkyra; variants: Kérkira; Kérkyra; Korfu; belongs to Ionía Nísia Region)
Wikipedia, Sept. 19, 2012: (Corfu; Periphereiakē Henotēta Kerkyras; Greek regional unit; part of region of Ionian Islands; consists of two municipalities: Corfu, or Kerkyra, and Paxoi; in 2011, it replaced the abolished Nomos Kerkyras [Kerkyra Nome])
Geographic area codee-gr---
Invalid LCCNn 2012061314