Cilicia

ancient region of Asia Minor
Place region Q620864
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Cilicia

Summary

Cilicia is a region[1]. Cilicia ranks in the top 8% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cilicia is in the country of Turkey[3].
  • Cilicia's instance of is recorded as region[4].
  • Cilicia's instance of is recorded as area[5].
  • Cilicia's instance of is recorded as historical region[6].
  • Cilix is named after Cilicia[7].
  • Cilicia's Commons category is recorded as Cilicia[8].
  • Cilicia was dissolved in 1375[9].
  • Cilicia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.985, 'lon': 35.12}[10].
  • Cilicia's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Anatolia[11].
  • Cilicia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cilicia[12].
  • Cilicia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13].
  • Cilicia's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • Cilicia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Cilicia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Cilicia's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • Cilicia's category for people born here is recorded as Q130754629[18].
  • Cilicia's category for people who died here is recorded as Q108662514[19].
  • Cilicia's different from is recorded as Cilicia Satrapy[20].
  • Cilicia's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Cilicia[21].

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Geography

Cilicia is in the country of Turkey[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region[4], area[5], and historical region[6].

History and Context

Cilix is named after Cilicia[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cilicia include Cilicia[22], a Roman province[23], in Ancient Rome[24] and Kilikia F.C.[25], an association football club[26], in Armenia[27], founded in 1992[28], headquartered in Yerevan[29].

Why It Matters

Cilicia ranks in the top 8% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2] Cilicia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Cilicia is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Cilicia include Cilicia[22], a Roman province[23], in Ancient Rome[24] and Kilikia F.C.[25], an association football club[26], in Armenia[27], founded in 1992[28], headquartered in Yerevan[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q45189140. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans Category:Maps of Cilicia
    Country
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +1375-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location {'lat': 36.985, 'lon': 35.12}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007286435905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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