Yenice-i Vardar

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Yenice-i Vardar is the former Ottoman-era name of the Greek town of Giannitsa, an important settlement in northern Greece.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yenidje Vardar 2
Yenice on the Vardar River 1
Yenice-i Vardar canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Ottoman place name
historical city name
administrativeDivision Sanjak of Salonica
alternativeName Yenidje
Yenidje Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar

Yenidje Vardarska
Yenidje of Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar

Yenidje-i Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
correspondsTo Giannitsa
country Ottoman Empire
economicRole regional commercial center in Ottoman Macedonia
geographicalContext Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans
historicalContext Ottoman Balkans
historicalPeriod Ottoman era
historicalRegion Central Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia region
knownFor role in Ottoman administration in the Balkans
strategic location in northern Greece
locatedIn Macedonia (historical region)
linked to: Macedonia region

northern Greece
locatedNear Giannitsa Lake (former marshes)
locatedOnRiver Axios River
modernCountry Greece
namedAfter Vardar River
nameMeaning Yenice on the Vardar River
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
nameStatus obsolete
partOf Rumelia (Ottoman province)
linked to: Rumelia Eyalet
presentMunicipality Giannitsa Municipality
presentName Giannitsa
presentRegion Central Macedonia region of Greece
linked to: Central Macedonia
presentRegionalUnit Pella regional unit
religiousHistory mixed Muslim and Christian population during Ottoman period
significance important Ottoman town in Macedonia
transitionedToName Giannitsa
urbanType market town
usedLanguage Greek
Ottoman Turkish
Slavic languages
usedScript Ottoman Turkish

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Giannitsa historicalName Yenice-i Vardar
Giannitsa historicalName Yenidje Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
Yenice-i Vardar nameMeaning Yenice on the Vardar River
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
Yenice-i Vardar alternativeName Yenidje Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
Yenice-i Vardar alternativeName Yenidje-i Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar
Yenice-i Vardar alternativeName Yenidje of Vardar
linked to: Yenice-i Vardar