Providence

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city state capital

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island, known for its historic architecture, prominent universities, and role as a cultural and economic center in New England.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Providence, Rhode Island	42
Providence metropolitan area	9
Providence, Rhode Island, United States	5
Downtown Providence	3
Providence city center	1
Wayland (Providence)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ state capital ⓘ
capitalOf	Rhode Island ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicsCharacteristic	ethnically diverse population ⓘ
foundedBy	Roger Williams ⓘ
foundedInYear	1636 ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport	T. F. Green International Airport ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasLandmark	Benefit Street ⓘ Prospect Terrace Park ⓘ Rhode Island State House ⓘ Roger Williams National Memorial ⓘ WaterFire ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 195 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 95 ⓘ
hasNeighborhood	College Hill ⓘ Providence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Downtown Providence Federal Hill ⓘ Fox Point ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Providence Bruins ⓘ Providence Friars men's ice hockey ⓘ surface form: Providence Friars
hasUniversity	Brown University ⓘ Johnson & Wales University ⓘ Providence College ⓘ Rhode Island College ⓘ Rhode Island School of Design ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Providence County, Rhode Island ⓘ surface form: Providence County
isCulturalCenterOf	Rhode Island ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf	Rhode Island ⓘ
isMostPopulousCityOf	Rhode Island ⓘ
isPortCityOn	Narragansett Bay ⓘ
knownFor	arts and culture ⓘ culinary scene ⓘ higher education ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ waterfront redevelopment ⓘ
locatedIn	Rhode Island ⓘ
locatedInRegion	New England ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Moshassuck River ⓘ Providence River ⓘ Moshassuck River ⓘ surface form: Woonasquatucket River
namedFor	divine providence ⓘ
partOf	Providence County, Rhode Island ⓘ surface form: Providence County
populationRankInState	1 ⓘ
servedBy	Amtrak ⓘ MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (87)

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

Johnston, Rhode Island, United States → locatedNear → Providence ⓘ

subject surface form: Johnston, Rhode Island

this entity surface form: Providence city center

Warwick → locatedSouthOf → Providence ⓘ

subject surface form: Warwick, Rhode Island

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Clay Mathematics Institute → location → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Providence Steamrollers → location → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

RISD Museum → location → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Sons of Liberty → location → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Lee v. Weisman → locationOfDispute → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

New England → majorCity → Providence ⓘ

Northeast Regional → majorStop → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

USS Providence → namedAfter → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island, United States → nearestCity → Providence ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingston, Rhode Island

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Italian American → notableSettlement → Providence ⓘ

Fall River, Massachusetts → partOf → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence metropolitan area

Bristol County, Massachusetts → partOfMetropolitanArea → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence metropolitan area

Johnston, Rhode Island, United States → partOfMetropolitanArea → Providence ⓘ

subject surface form: Johnston, Rhode Island

this entity surface form: Providence metropolitan area

Warwick → partOfMetropolitanArea → Providence ⓘ

subject surface form: Warwick, Rhode Island

this entity surface form: Providence metropolitan area

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller → placeOfBirth → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

H. P. Lovecraft → placeOfBirth → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Lester Frank Ward → placeOfBurial → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Esek Hopkins → placeOfDeath → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Gerald Guralnik → placeOfDeath → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

H. P. Lovecraft → placeOfDeath → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Roger Williams → placeOfDeath → Providence ⓘ

James G. Blight → placeOfWork → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 → recognizedSettlement → Providence ⓘ

Esek Hopkins → residence → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Gerald Guralnik → residence → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

H. P. Lovecraft → residence → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island → seat → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island → seeCity → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Northeast Corridor → serves → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Interstate 95 → servesCity → Providence ⓘ

Patriot Place → servesMetropolitanArea → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence metropolitan area

Laotian American → settlementCity → Providence ⓘ

Cambodian American → settlementConcentration → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

John F. Hughes → workLocation → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Leon Cooper → workLocation → Providence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Providence, Rhode Island