Dainava

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Dainava is a historical region in the territory of present-day Lithuania and northeastern Poland, traditionally associated with the Baltic Yotvingian and Lithuanian tribes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dainava canonical 2
Vadaktai 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
associatedEthnicGroup Baltic tribes
Lithuanian tribes
Yotvingian tribe NERFINISHED
borderedBy Masovia NERFINISHED
Nalšia (historical region) NERFINISHED
Prussia (historical region) NERFINISHED
country Lithuania
culturalHeritageType intangible cultural region
culturalRegionOf Lithuania NERFINISHED
ethnographicAssociation Dzūkija ethnographic region NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Dainava land
Dainava region NERFINISHED
hasCategory Baltic historical regions
Historical regions in Lithuania
Historical regions in Poland
hasToponymicDerivatives Dainava Forest NERFINISHED
Dainava villages in Lithuania
historicalLanguage Lithuanian language
Yotvingian language NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
historicalStatus borderland region between Baltic and Slavic areas
tribal territory
laterReligion Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
locatedIn Aukštaitija–Dzūkija transition area
northeastern Poland
present-day Lithuania
southern Lithuania
modernTerritoryIncludes Alytus County NERFINISHED
parts of Grodno Region
parts of Podlaskie Voivodeship
nameEtymology possibly related to Lithuanian word "daina" (song)
overlapsWith Dzūkija NERFINISHED
partOf Baltic region NERFINISHED
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (historical territory) NERFINISHED
Yotvingian lands NERFINISHED
historical lands of Lithuanians
presentIn Lithuanian historical geography
Polish historical geography
religionHistorically Baltic paganism NERFINISHED
traditionalInhabitants Lithuanians NERFINISHED
Yotvingians NERFINISHED

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

Yotvingians region Dainava
Nevėžis River hasSettlementOnBank Dainava
this entity surface form: Vadaktai
Dzūkija historicalName Dainava