Leukas
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Leukas is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, historically significant as a strategic maritime possession contested by various regional powers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leukas canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lefkada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leucadia NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
bridge
ⓘ
causeway ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Greek mainland ⓘ |
| contestedBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frankish rulers ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Venetian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ local Greek powers ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| governedAs | municipality of Lefkada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Lefkada (town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal plains
ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ natural harbors ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Nidri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sivota NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasiliki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman period NERFINISHED ⓘ Venetian period ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Acarnania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedTo | modern Greek state ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beaches
ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ sailing tourism ⓘ white cliffs ⓘ wind-based water sports ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greece
ⓘ
Ionian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ western part of Greece ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | western Greece ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ionian Islands region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ionian Islands under British protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionian Islands under Venetian rule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOf | Ionian Islands periphery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Acarnania (mainland Greece) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
maritime trade routes in the Ionian Sea
ⓘ
naval base location ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.