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[ "Jainism", "founded by", "Mahavira" ]
Jainism ( JAY-nih-zəm), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of Dharma), with the first in the current time cycle being Rishabhadeva, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years...
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[ "Jainism", "has quality", "Aparigraha" ]
Jainism ( JAY-nih-zəm), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of Dharma), with the first in the current time cycle being Rishabhadeva, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years...
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[ "Jainism", "has quality", "Anekantavada" ]
God Jainism is a transtheistic religion, holding that the universe was not created, and will exist forever. It is independent, having no creator, governor, judge, or destroyer. In this, it is unlike the Abrahamic religions and the theistic strands of Hinduism, but similar to Buddhism. However, Jainism believes in the w...
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[ "Axminster", "country", "United Kingdom" ]
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At th...
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[ "Axminster", "instance of", "town" ]
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At th...
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[ "Axminster", "instance of", "civil parish" ]
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At th...
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[ "Axminster", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "East Devon" ]
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At th...
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[ "Lisbon", "part of", "Lisbon Region" ]
Economy The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region in Portugal and it is well above the European Union's GDP per capita average – it produces 45% of the Portuguese GDP. Lisbon's economy is based primarily on the tertiary sector. Most of the headquarters of multinationals operating in Portugal are concentrated in the Gr...
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[ "Lisbon", "significant event", "1755 Lisbon earthquake" ]
The succession crisis of 1580, initiated a sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal and Spain under the Spanish Habsburgs. This is referred to as the "Philippine Dominion" (Domínio Filipino), since all three Spanish kings during that period were called Philip (Filipe). In 1589, Lisbon was the target of an incursi...
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[ "Lisbon", "significant event", "Siege of Lisbon (1147)" ]
In 1147, as part of the Reconquista, crusader knights led by Afonso I of Portugal besieged and reconquered Lisbon. The city, with around 154,000 residents at the time, was returned to Christian rule. The reconquest of Portugal and re-establishment of Christianity is one of the most significant events in Lisbon's histor...
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[ "Lisbon", "instance of", "capital city" ]
Membership in organizations From 12 October 1982, Lisbon is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities.From 28 June 1985, Lisbon is part of the Union of Capital Cities of Portuguese Language, along with 22 other cities from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, China, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and ...
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[ "Lisbon", "instance of", "big city" ]
Lisbon (; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 1...
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[ "Numidian language", "subclass of", "Berber" ]
Numidian was a language spoken in ancient Numidia, a territory covering much of northern Africa. The script in which it was written, the Libyco-Berber alphabet (from which Tifinagh descended), has been almost fully deciphered and most characters (apart from a few exceptions restricted to specific areas) have known valu...
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[ "Numidian language", "instance of", "ancient language" ]
Kef Beni Fredj inscriptions Latin SACTUT•IHIMIR F•VIXIT•ANORVM•LXX H[SE] Latin to English Sactut son of Ihimir lived 70 years. [He is buried here.] Numidian ZKTT WYMR MTYBLH MSWH MNKDH Normalization and adding of known or possible vowels Zaktut w-Iymir MTYBLH amsiweɣ amenkad Possible Numidian to English translation Zak...
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[ "Valencia", "country", "Spain" ]
Valencia (Valencian: València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, ...
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[ "Valencia", "capital of", "Valencia Province" ]
In 1943 Franco decreed the exclusivity of Valencia and Barcelona for the celebration of international fairs in Spain. These two cities would hold the monopoly on international fairs for more than three decades, until its abolishment in 1979 by the government of Adolfo Suárez. In October 1957, the 1957 Valencia flood, a...
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[ "Valencia", "different from", "Valencia Province" ]
Valencia (Valencian: València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, ...
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[ "Valencia", "part of", "Valencia Province" ]
Valencia (Valencian: València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, ...
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[ "Valencia", "capital of", "Valencian Country" ]
In 1943 Franco decreed the exclusivity of Valencia and Barcelona for the celebration of international fairs in Spain. These two cities would hold the monopoly on international fairs for more than three decades, until its abolishment in 1979 by the government of Adolfo Suárez. In October 1957, the 1957 Valencia flood, a...
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[ "Valencia", "twinned administrative body", "Odesa" ]
Valencia also has friendly relations with: Odesa, Ukraine (1981) Chengdu, China (2017)
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[ "Valencia", "twinned administrative body", "Chengdu" ]
Valencia also has friendly relations with: Odesa, Ukraine (1981) Chengdu, China (2017)
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[ "Valencia", "instance of", "municipality of Spain" ]
Valencia (Valencian: València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, ...
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[ "Valencia", "head of government", "Joan Ribó" ]
Valencia (Valencian: València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, ...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "country", "Spain" ]
Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago,...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "category of associated people", "Category:People from Palma de Mallorca" ]
Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago,...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "located in/on physical feature", "Mallorca" ]
Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago,...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "twinned administrative body", "Naples" ]
Twin towns – sister cities Palma de Mallorca is twinned with Portofino, Italy, Alghero, Italy and Naples, Italy.
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "instance of", "city" ]
Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago,...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Mallorca" ]
Geography Palma is a major city and seaport located in the southwest of Mallorca, a western Mediterranean island belonging to the Balearic Islands archipelago. The land area of the city is about 21.355 square kilometres (8.245 sq mi) with an altitude of 13 metres (43 feet) above sea level. The city center of Palma is l...
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "twinned administrative body", "Alghero" ]
Twin towns – sister cities Palma de Mallorca is twinned with Portofino, Italy, Alghero, Italy and Naples, Italy.
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "twinned administrative body", "Portofino" ]
Twin towns – sister cities Palma de Mallorca is twinned with Portofino, Italy, Alghero, Italy and Naples, Italy.
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[ "Palma de Mallorca", "instance of", "municipality of Spain" ]
Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago,...
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[ "Simferopol", "country", "Russia" ]
Russian annexation After Russia occupied and formally annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014, Simferopol was named the capital of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation encompassing the majority of the peninsula by decree of Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the exception of Sevastopol, which became a federal сi...
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[ "Simferopol", "country", "Ukraine" ]
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards ...
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[ "Simferopol", "capital of", "Autonomous Republic of Crimea" ]
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards ...
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[ "Simferopol", "category of associated people", "Category:People from Simferopol" ]
Notable people Max Alpert (1899–1980) a Soviet photographer, frontiline work during WWII Andrei Abrikosov (1906–1973) a Soviet stage and film actor. Reşat Amet (1975–2014) a Crimean Tatar activist Denis Bouriakov (born 1981), principal flautist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Rachel Devirys (1890-1983) French film actr...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in/on physical feature", "Crimea" ]
Geography and climate Location Simferopol is located in the south-central portion of the Crimean Peninsula. The city lies on the Salhir River and near the artificial Simferopol Reservoir, which provides the city with clean drinking water. The Simferopol Reservoir's earth dam is the biggest in Europe.Climate The city ex...
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[ "Simferopol", "capital of", "Simferopol Raion" ]
Politics and administrative divisions As the capital of the Republic, Simferopol houses its political structure including the Parliament and the Council of Ministers. Simferopol is also the administrative centre of the Simferopolskyi District (raion), however, it is directly subordinate to the Crimean authorities rathe...
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[ "Simferopol", "capital of", "Republic of Crimea" ]
Within Ukraine On 26 April 1954, Simferopol, together with the rest of the Crimean Oblast, was transferred from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. An asteroid, discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnov...
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[ "Simferopol", "capital of", "Simferopol (urban okrug)" ]
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards ...
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[ "Simferopol", "instance of", "city or town" ]
Etymologies The name Simferopol (Ukrainian: Сімферо́поль; Russian: Симферо́поль [sʲɪmfʲɪˈropəlʲ]) comes from the Greek Sympheropoli (Greek: Συμφερόπολη, Symferópoli), meaning city of common good. The spelling Symferopil (Ukrainian: Сімферопіль) is also used.In Crimean Tatar, the name of the city is Aqmescit, which lite...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Simferopol (urban okrug)" ]
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards ...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" ]
Within Ukraine On 26 April 1954, Simferopol, together with the rest of the Crimean Oblast, was transferred from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. An asteroid, discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnov...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Crimean Oblast" ]
Within Ukraine On 26 April 1954, Simferopol, together with the rest of the Crimean Oblast, was transferred from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. An asteroid, discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnov...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Taurida Governorate" ]
Russian Empire In 1784 modern Ukrainian Simferopol was founded after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is in Greek, Συμφερόπολις (Simferopolis), and literally means "the city of usefulness." The tradition to give Greek names to places in newly acq...
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[ "Simferopol", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Simferopol municipality council" ]
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards ...
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[ "Aigues-Mortes", "country", "France" ]
Aigues-Mortes (French pronunciation: ​[ɛɡmɔʁt]; Occitan: Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, the to...
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[ "Aigues-Mortes", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Gard" ]
Aigues-Mortes (French pronunciation: ​[ɛɡmɔʁt]; Occitan: Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, the to...
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[ "Aigues-Mortes", "instance of", "commune of France" ]
Aigues-Mortes (French pronunciation: ​[ɛɡmɔʁt]; Occitan: Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, the to...
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[ "Aigues-Mortes", "shares border with", "Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze" ]
The Carbonnière Tower Located in the commune of Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze, the Carbonnière Tower was first referred to in an old text from 1346 specifying the function of the structure. It said, "this fortress is the key to the kingdom in this region." Surrounded by salt marshes, the fortress was the only passageway into...
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[ "Aigues-Mortes", "shares border with", "Le Grau-du-Roi" ]
Aigues-Mortes (French pronunciation: ​[ɛɡmɔʁt]; Occitan: Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, the to...
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[ "Vienna", "country", "Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "capital of", "Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "continent", "Europe" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "founded by", "Ancient Celts" ]
History Early history Evidence has been found of continuous habitation in the Vienna area since 500 BC, when Celts settled the site on the Danube. In 15 BC, the Romans fortified the frontier city they called Vindobona to guard the empire against Germanic tribes to the north. Close ties with other Celtic peoples continu...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "municipality of Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "twinned administrative body", "Bratislava" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "city-state" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "shares border with", "Lower Austria" ]
In 976, Leopold I of Babenberg became count of the Eastern March, a district centered on the Danube on the eastern frontier of Bavaria. This initial district grew into the duchy of Austria. Each succeeding Babenberg ruler expanded the march east along the Danube, eventually encompassing Vienna and the lands immediately...
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[ "Vienna", "capital of", "Federal State of Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "language used", "Austrian German" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "statutory city of Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "contains the administrative territorial entity", "Margareten" ]
The heart and historical city of Vienna, a large part of today's Innere Stadt, was a fortress surrounded by fields in order to defend itself from potential attackers. In 1850, Vienna with the consent of the emperor annexed 34 surrounding villages, called Vorstädte, into the city limits (districts no. 2 to 8, after 1861...
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[ "Vienna", "contains the administrative territorial entity", "Favoriten" ]
Drinks Vienna, along with Paris, Santiago, Cape Town, Prague, Canberra, Bratislava and Warsaw, is one of the few remaining world capital cities with its own vineyards. The wine is served in small Viennese pubs known as Heuriger, which are especially numerous in the wine growing areas of Döbling (Grinzing, Neustift am W...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "largest city" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "federal capital" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "instance of", "state of Austria" ]
Vienna ( (listen) vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the cou...
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[ "Vienna", "office held by head of government", "mayor of Vienna" ]
Government Since Vienna obtained federal state (Bundesland) status of its own by the federal constitution of 1920, the city council also functions as the state parliament (Landtag), and the mayor (except 1934–1945) also doubles as the Landeshauptmann (governor/minister-president) of the state of Vienna. The Rathaus acc...
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[ "Corfinium", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Corfinio" ]
Corfinium (Greek: Κορφίνιον) was a ancient city now near modern Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo region).
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[ "Corfinium", "instance of", "ancient city" ]
Corfinium (Greek: Κορφίνιον) was a ancient city now near modern Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo region).History Corfinium was the capital of the Paeligni, situated in the valley of the Aternus, near the point where that river's course suddenly makes a sharp turn and runs from southeasterly to northeaster...
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[ "Corfinium", "significant event", "Siege of Corfinium" ]
History Corfinium was the capital of the Paeligni, situated in the valley of the Aternus, near the point where that river's course suddenly makes a sharp turn and runs from southeasterly to northeasterly on towards the Adriatic Sea. It was 7 miles from Sulmo (modern Sulmona), and 30 from Alba Fucens by the Via Valeria....
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[ "Tide", "has effect", "tidal current" ]
Sea level rises over several hours, covering the intertidal zone; flood tide. Sea level falls over several hours, revealing the intertidal zone; ebb tide.Oscillating currents produced by tides are known as tidal streams or tidal currents. The moment that the tidal current ceases is called slack water or slack tide. The...
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[ "Tide", "has part(s)", "low tide" ]
Sea level rises over several hours, covering the intertidal zone; flood tide. Sea level falls over several hours, revealing the intertidal zone; ebb tide.Oscillating currents produced by tides are known as tidal streams or tidal currents. The moment that the tidal current ceases is called slack water or slack tide. The...
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[ "Nijmegen", "country", "Netherlands" ]
Nijmegen (Dutch: [ˈnɛiˌmeːɣə(n)] (listen); Nijmeegs: Nimwèège [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːçə]) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as ...
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[ "Nijmegen", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Gelderland" ]
Nijmegen (Dutch: [ˈnɛiˌmeːɣə(n)] (listen); Nijmeegs: Nimwèège [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːçə]) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as ...
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[ "Nijmegen", "contains settlement", "Lent" ]
Population centres The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages of Hatert, Hees and Neerbosch, as well as the urban expansion project of Waalsprong, situated north of the river Waal and including the village of Lent and the hamlet of 't Zand, as well as the new suburbs of Nijmeg...
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[ "Nijmegen", "instance of", "municipality of the Netherlands" ]
Nijmegen (Dutch: [ˈnɛiˌmeːɣə(n)] (listen); Nijmeegs: Nimwèège [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːçə]) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as ...
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[ "Nijmegen", "head of government", "Hubert Bruls" ]
Post-war period In the period immediately following the end of the war, a site near Nijmegen was selected to house German nationals who were to be deported from the Netherlands, called the Mariënbosch concentration camp. It operated from 1946 to 1948. On 23 February 1981, the Nijmegen police department and the Dutch Ar...
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[ "Non scholae sed vitae", "described by source", "Epistulae morales ad Lucilium" ]
Non scholæ sed vitæ is a Latin phrase. Its longer form is non scholæ sed vitæ discimus, which means "We do not learn for school, but for life". The scholae and vitae are first-declension feminine datives of purpose. The motto is an inversion of the original, which appeared in Seneca the Younger's Moral Letters to Lucil...
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[ "Non scholae sed vitae", "instance of", "Latin phrase" ]
Non scholæ sed vitæ is a Latin phrase. Its longer form is non scholæ sed vitæ discimus, which means "We do not learn for school, but for life". The scholae and vitae are first-declension feminine datives of purpose. The motto is an inversion of the original, which appeared in Seneca the Younger's Moral Letters to Lucil...
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[ "Lausanne", "head of government", "Grégoire Junod" ]
Government The municipality (la Municipalité) constitutes the executive government of the City of Lausanne and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of seven councilors (French: conseiller municipal/conseillère municipale), each presiding over a directorate. One of the members act as mayor (syndic). In the...
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[ "Lausanne", "country", "Switzerland" ]
Lausanne ( loh-ZAN, US also loh-ZAHN, French: [lɔzan] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. La...
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[ "Lausanne", "capital of", "Vaud" ]
Lausanne ( loh-ZAN, US also loh-ZAHN, French: [lɔzan] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. La...
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[ "Lausanne", "instance of", "capital city" ]
Lausanne ( loh-ZAN, US also loh-ZAHN, French: [lɔzan] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. La...
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[ "Lausanne", "shares border with", "Epalinges" ]
Geography Topography The most important geographical feature of the area surrounding Lausanne is Lake Geneva (Le Léman in French). Lausanne is built on the southern slope of the Swiss plateau, with a difference in elevation of about 500 metres (1,640 ft) between the lakeshore at Ouchy and its northern edge bordering Le...
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[ "Lausanne", "instance of", "municipality of Switzerland" ]
Lausanne ( loh-ZAN, US also loh-ZAHN, French: [lɔzan] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. La...
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[ "Lausanne", "shares border with", "Le Mont-sur-Lausanne" ]
Geography Topography The most important geographical feature of the area surrounding Lausanne is Lake Geneva (Le Léman in French). Lausanne is built on the southern slope of the Swiss plateau, with a difference in elevation of about 500 metres (1,640 ft) between the lakeshore at Ouchy and its northern edge bordering Le...
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[ "Lausanne", "instance of", "city of Switzerland" ]
Lausanne ( loh-ZAN, US also loh-ZAHN, French: [lɔzan] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. La...
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[ "Sepphoris", "country", "Israel" ]
Sepphoris ( sif-OR-iss; Ancient Greek: Σέπφωρις, romanized: Sépphōris), known in Hebrew as Tzipori (צִפּוֹרִי) and in Arabic as Saffuriya (صفورية Ṣaffūriya) since the 7th century, is an archaeological site located in the central Galilee region of Israel, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-northwest of Nazareth. It lies 286 me...
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[ "Sepphoris", "instance of", "ancient city" ]
History Canaanite and Israelite Zippori in Hebrew Bible, Mishnah, Talmud The Hebrew Bible makes no mention of the city, although in Jewish tradition it is thought to be the city Kitron mentioned in the Book of Judges (1:30).According to Mishna 'Arakhin 9:6, the old fortress of Zippori was encompassed by a wall during t...
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[ "Shamakhi", "country", "Azerbaijan" ]
Shamakhi (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı, pronounced [ʃɑmɑˈxɯ]) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.Eleven major...
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[ "Shamakhi", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Shamakhi District" ]
Shamakhi (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı, pronounced [ʃɑmɑˈxɯ]) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.Eleven major...
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[ "Shamakhi", "capital of", "Shamakhi District" ]
Shamakhi (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı, pronounced [ʃɑmɑˈxɯ]) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.Eleven major...
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[ "Shamakhi", "instance of", "city or town" ]
Shamakhi (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı, pronounced [ʃɑmɑˈxɯ]) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.Eleven major...
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[ "Toulouse", "continent", "Europe" ]
Geography Toulouse is in the south of France, north of the department of Haute-Garonne, on the axis of communication between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is about 100 km from the Pyrenees and the borders with Andorra and Spain.
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[ "Toulouse", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Haute-Garonne" ]
Geography Toulouse is in the south of France, north of the department of Haute-Garonne, on the axis of communication between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is about 100 km from the Pyrenees and the borders with Andorra and Spain.
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[ "Dublin", "country", "Republic of Ireland" ]
Dublin (; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath, pronounced [ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə] or [ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə]) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it ...
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[ "Dublin", "present in work", "Dubliners" ]
Culture The arts Dublin has a significant literary history, and produced many literary figures, including Nobel laureates William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. Other influential writers and playwrights include Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker. It is also the lo...
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[ "Dublin", "office held by head of government", "Lord Mayor of Dublin" ]
Government Local Dublin City Council is a unicameral assembly of 63 members elected every five years from local electoral areas. It is presided over by the Lord Mayor, who is elected for a yearly term and resides in Dublin's Mansion House. Council meetings occur at Dublin City Hall, while most of its administrative act...
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