Killa Island (variant spellings)

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Killa Island is the indigenous Aymara/Quechua name for Isla de la Luna, a small sacred island in Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca associated with Inca lunar worship.

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Label Occurrences
Killa Island (variant spellings) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
island ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
associatedWith Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire

Inca religion ⓘ
lunar worship ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Mama Killa ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
culturalRegion Central Andes ⓘ
Lake Titicaca basin ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 3800 meters ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf Inca structures ⓘ
ceremonial platforms ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageType pre-Columbian sacred landscape ⓘ
hasEtymology Name derives from the Aymara and Quechua word "killa" meaning "moon" ⓘ
hasFeature Inca ceremonial architecture ⓘ
high-altitude environment ⓘ
views of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Killa ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasNameInAymaraOrQuechua Killa ⓘ
hasSacredStatusFor Aymara people ⓘ
Quechua people ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Lake Titicaca region ⓘ
hasSpanishName Isla de la Luna ⓘ
hasSpanishOfficialName Isla de la Luna ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling K’illa Island ⓘ
Quilla Island ⓘ
Q’illa Island ⓘ
isSacredTo Inca lunar cult ⓘ
isSmallerThan Isla del Sol ⓘ
locatedIn Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Andes ⓘ
La Paz Department, Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: La Paz Department

Lake Titicaca ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWaterSharedBy Bolivia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
nearbyIsland Isla del Sol ⓘ
partOf Islands of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
religiousFunctionInIncaPeriod center of lunar worship ⓘ
site for rituals dedicated to the moon goddess ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Isla de la Luna → hasIndigenousName → Killa Island (variant spellings) ⓘ