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Silesia, Cilicia or Galicia?

Select which region applies to the hint, please.
WARNING - The Galicia here is NOT the historic region in Eastern Europe.
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Last updated: September 17, 2021
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1. Adana is the largest city.
Galicia
Cilicia
Silesia
2. Spain.
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Cilicia
Silesia
3. Anthem - "Os Pinos".
Galicia
Cilicia
Silesia
4. Turkey.
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Cilicia
Silesia
5. Oder River.
Galicia
Cilicia
Silesia
6. Flag with two horizontal stripes (an upside down Ukrainian flag) was the flag of a component of the region. Flag could be adorned with that ubiquitous bird of prey so loved by Europeans, coat-of-arms style.
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Cilicia
Silesia
Upper Silesia.
7. Poland.
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Cilicia
Silesia
8. Autonomous region of a modern country.
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Silesia
9. Has a radical, separatist movement for the autonomy of the region.
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Cilicia
Silesia
Only 7000 strong or thereabouts.
10. Maria Theresa.
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Silesia
Yes. Maria Theresa was sovereign of historic Galicia in Eastern Europe. Well done to those who noticed. Covered myself with the caveat.
11. Vigo.
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Silesia
Nice, little battle in Vigo Bay, 23 October 1702. War of the Spanish Succession. England and the Dutch Republic versus France and Bourbon Spain.
12. Cyrus the Great.
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Cilicia
Silesia
13. Lilomlu River.
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Cilicia
Silesia
14. First to be yoked by the Romans.
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Silesia
15. Olga Tokarczuk.
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Silesia
Born Sulechow. 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.'
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Level 62
Nov 27, 2023
Had never heard of Cilicia, so I learned some things there.