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+ This dataset contains German exonyms for various places in modern day Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
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+ Exonym : - A placename that is used by people who are not locals. For example, Prague is the Eng. exonym of Czech capital Praha, or Cologne is an exonym for German city Köln.
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+ Due to extensive historical German rule and presence over large chunks of modern day Poland and Czech republic, these two countries populate the dataset the most.