Zenadh Kes

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Zenadh Kes is the traditional name for the Torres Strait Islands region between Australia and Papua New Guinea, home to the distinct Indigenous Torres Strait Islander cultures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zenadh Kes canonical 2
Zenadth Kes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous cultural region ⓘ
region ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Torres Strait Islander peoples ⓘ
countryBorderRegionOf Australia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Torres Strait Islands region ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith British Empire ⓘ
hasContemporaryPoliticalIssues land rights ⓘ
sea rights ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
hasCulturalPractices ceremony ⓘ
dance ⓘ
song ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Torres Strait Islander communities ⓘ
hasDistinctFrom mainland Aboriginal Australian cultures ⓘ
hasIndigenousCulture Torres Strait Islander cultures ⓘ
hasMajorIslandGroups Central Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands ⓘ
Near Western Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguages Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Meryam Mir ⓘ
linked to: Meriam Mir

Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
hasSpiritualConnectionTo islands ⓘ
marine life ⓘ
sea ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomyActivities fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
marine gathering ⓘ
hasTraditionalNavigationPractices reef and current knowledge ⓘ
star navigation ⓘ
isCulturallyLinkedTo Pacific Islander cultures ⓘ
Papua New Guinea coastal communities ⓘ
isPartOf Northern Australia region ⓘ
linked to: northern Australia
isWithinJurisdictionOf Queensland ⓘ
locatedBetween Australia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Arafura Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Papua New Guinea mainland ⓘ
linked to: Papua New Guinea
partOf Torres Strait ⓘ
recognizedAsPartOf Indigenous Australia ⓘ
traditionalNameFor Torres Strait Islands region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Zenadh Kes people → selfDesignation → Zenadth Kes ⓘ
linked to: Zenadh Kes