Catana

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Greek colony ancient city settlement

Catana is the ancient name for the Greek colony and city now known as Catania, located on the eastern coast of Sicily.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catanae	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek colony ⓘ ancient city ⓘ settlement ⓘ
ancientNameOf	Catania ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Catania archaeological area ⓘ
hasModernSuccessor	Catania ⓘ
hasNameVariant	Catana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Catanae Catania ⓘ surface form: Catane Catina ⓘ Katane ⓘ
hasType	polis ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
knownFor	Greek and Roman heritage ⓘ proximity to Mount Etna ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Province of Catania (modern administrative area) ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Sicily ⓘ surface form: eastern Sicily
locatedOn	Ionian Sea ⓘ eastern coast of Sicily ⓘ Mount Etna ⓘ surface form: slopes of Mount Etna
modernName	Catania ⓘ
near	Mount Etna ⓘ
partOf	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: Siceliote Greek cities
region	Sicily ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
successorState	Roman municipium of Catania ⓘ
underRuleOf	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ

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

Naxos (Sicily) → foundedColonies → Catana ⓘ

Catana → hasNameVariant → Catana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catanae

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Catana ⓘ