Wilno

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Wilno is the historical Polish name for Vilnius, a major cultural and political center of the region that served as an important city in the interwar Second Polish Republic.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wilno canonical 11
Vilnius 7
Vilna 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish exonym
exonym
historical city name
associatedWithEthnicGroup Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
associatedWithRegion Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
associatedWithReligion Judaism
Roman Catholicism
capitalOf Wilno Voivodeship
country Second Polish Republic
culturalRole center of Polish culture in the East (Kresy)
currentOfficialName Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
hasAlternativeName Vilna
linked to: Wilno

Vilnius
linked to: Wilno

Wilna
linked to: Wilno
historicalAffiliation Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic
historicalEvent incorporation into the Second Polish Republic after World War I
loss by Poland during and after World War II
historicalLanguageOfAdministration Polish (interwar period)
historicalNameOf Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
historicalRole important city of the Second Polish Republic
historicalStatus disputed city between Poland and Lithuania in the interwar period
language Polish
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Vilnius Region
linked to: Vilna Governorate
notableFor Polish–Lithuanian–Jewish cultural traditions
multicultural heritage
partOf Second Polish Republic
presentDayCapitalOf Lithuania
presentDayCountry Lithuania
region historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania
significance major cultural center
major political center
timePeriod interwar period
typeOfToponym historical Polish city name
usedBy Poles
usedInPeriod before World War II
interwar Second Polish Republic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Europe hasMajorCity Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Wilno historicalNameOf Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Wilno hasAlternativeName Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Wilno hasAlternativeName Wilna
linked to: Wilno
Wilno hasAlternativeName Vilna
linked to: Wilno
Wilno currentOfficialName Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research foundedIn Vilna
linked to: Wilno
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research foundedIn Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Lithuania capital Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Lithuania largestCity Vilnius
linked to: Wilno
Wilno Voivodeship capital Wilno
Kresy containsCity Wilno
Vilnius historicalName Wilno
Vilna hasAlternativeName Wilno