Rashid

E875958

Rashid, also known as Rosetta, is a historic port city in northern Egypt famed for the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rashid canonical 2
فرع رشيد 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Egypt
alsoKnownAs Rosetta ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
countryCapital Cairo ⓘ
discoveryBy French soldiers during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign ⓘ
famedFor Rosetta Stone ⓘ
governedBy Beheira Governorate authorities ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
river trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage Islamic architecture ⓘ
Ottoman-era architecture ⓘ
hasNearbyWaterBody Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Rosetta branch of the Nile ⓘ
hasPortType river port ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Nile corniche ⓘ
linked to: Nile Corniche

historic mosques ⓘ
traditional Ottoman houses ⓘ
hasWritingSystemOnRosettaStone ancient Greek ⓘ
demotic ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
historicalEvent discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 ⓘ
historicalName Rosetta ⓘ
historicalRole important Ottoman port ⓘ
historicSignificance site of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone ⓘ
influencedBy Mamluk architecture ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn northern Egypt ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Beheira Governorate ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedOn western branch of the Nile Delta ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
nearbyCity Alexandria ⓘ
partOf Nile Delta ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
transportConnection river transport on the Nile ⓘ
road link to Alexandria ⓘ

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

Rosetta branch of the Nile → arabicName → فرع رشيد ⓘ
linked to: Rashid