Cerigo

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Cerigo is the historical Venetian name for the Greek island of Kythira, located off the southern tip of the Peloponnese.

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Label Occurrences
Cerigo canonical 3

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
historical place name
alternativeNameForm Cerigo (Italian form)
associatedWith Republic of Venice
Venetian maritime trade routes
navigation around Cape Malea
country Greece
hasEtymologicalOrigin Venetian adaptation of Greek Kythira
historicalNameOf Kythira
historicalRegionContext Ionian Islands under Venetian rule
languageOfName Venetian
locatedInBodyOfWater Ionian Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Peloponnese
locatedOffSouthernTipOf Peloponnese
modernEquivalentToponym Kythira
near Cape Malea
linked to: Cape Maleas

southern Peloponnese
partOf Ionian Islands (historical-venetian context)
replacedByName Kythira
timePeriodOfCommonUse Venetian rule in the Ionian Sea
toponymType island name
usedBy Venetian Republic
linked to: Republic of Venice
usedInCartographyBy Italian cartographers
Venetian cartographers
usedInCartographyOf Mediterranean Sea

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Referenced by (3)

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

Kythira historicalName Cerigo
Cythera alsoKnownAs Cerigo
Kithira alsoKnownAs Cerigo