Malaka

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Malaka is the ancient Phoenician and later Roman name for the city now known as Málaga in southern Spain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malaca 3
Malaka canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical place name
hasAncientCulture Phoenician
Roman
linked to: Romanitas
hasApproximateFoundationCentury 8th century BCE
hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn Málaga
hasClimateType Mediterranean climate (modern location)
hasCountry Spain
hasEtymologyTheory derived from Phoenician word related to salting fish
hasHistoricalPeriod Phoenician period
Punic period
linked to: Punic Sicily

Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasHistoricalRegion ancient Baetica
hasHistoricalRole commercial hub in western Mediterranean
hasLanguageOrigin Phoenician language
hasModernAutonomousCommunity Andalusia
hasModernCountry Spain
hasModernMunicipality Málaga
hasModernProvince Province of Málaga
hasNameInModernTimes Málaga
hasNotableArchaeologicalFeature Phoenician necropolis
Roman theatre in Málaga
remains of Phoenician walls in Málaga
hasPortFunction yes
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity fish salting
garum production
maritime trade
hasRegion Costa del Sol
hasSuccessorSettlement Málaga
hasUrbanContinuity continuous occupation from antiquity to present
knownAsInGreek Μάλακα (Malaka)
knownAsInLatin Malaca
linked to: Malaka
locatedIn Andalusia
Iberian Peninsula
southern Spain
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
predecessorOf Málaga
wasFoundedBy Phoenicians
wasPartOf Hispania Baetica
linked to: Andalusia

Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean
Roman Hispania
linked to: Roman Spain

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Málaga historicalName Malaka
Málaga historicalName Malaca
linked to: Malaka
Malaka knownAsInLatin Malaca
linked to: Malaka
Mālaqa preIslamicName Malaca
linked to: Malaka