formerProvince

P25984
predicate

Indicates that an entity was previously a province of another entity but no longer holds that administrative status.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
formerProvince canonical 55
abolishedAsProvinceIn 6
partOfFormerProvince 6

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: formerProvince
Generated description
Indicates that an entity was previously a province of another entity but no longer holds that administrative status.

Sample triples (82)

Subject Object
Alquízar La Habana Province ⓘ
Natal 1994 via predicate surface "provinceExistedUntil" ⓘ
Guanajay La Habana Province ⓘ
Melena del Sur La Habana Province ⓘ
Bejucal La Habana Province ⓘ
Numidia 46 BC via predicate surface "romanProvinceCreated" ⓘ
Germiston Transvaal ⓘ
Krugersdorp Transvaal ⓘ
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
surface form: Klerksdorp
Transvaal ⓘ
surface form: Transvaal Province
Eastern Samar Samar Island via predicate surface "partOfFormerProvince" ⓘ
surface form: Samar
Gorontalo North Sulawesi via predicate surface "partOfFormerProvince" ⓘ
Menteith Scotland via predicate surface "historicProvinceOf" ⓘ
Reggio Calabria Province of Reggio Calabria ⓘ
Angoumois 1790 via predicate surface "abolishedAsProvinceIn" ⓘ
Standerton Transvaal ⓘ
Ladispoli Province of Rome via predicate surface "provinceBefore2015" ⓘ
Figline Valdarno Province of Florence via predicate surface "governingProvinceBefore2015" ⓘ
Fernando Póo Fernando Póo Province via predicate surface "formerProvinceName" ⓘ
Loc Ninh District
surface form: Lộc Ninh District
Sông Bé Province via predicate surface "partOfFormerProvince" ⓘ
Thuong Tin District Ha Tay Province via predicate surface "belongsToFormerProvince" ⓘ
Valognes Normandy ⓘ
Republic Act No. 4221 Samar Province ⓘ
surface form: Samar
Province of Gorizia 2017 via predicate surface "abolishedAsProvinceIn" ⓘ
Nanyuki Rift Valley Province ⓘ
Orne department
surface form: Orne
Normandy ⓘ
Mayenne Maine ⓘ
Kajiado County Rift Valley Province ⓘ
Mishima Taisha Izu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arzachena Province of Olbia-Tempio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa
surface form: Schweizer-Reneke
Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wollo Ethiopian province via predicate surface "formerProvinceStatus" ⓘ
Campi Bisenzio Province of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bronkhorstspruit Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
historical province of Berry
surface form: Berry
true via predicate surface "preFrenchRevolutionProvince" ⓘ
Raja Ampat Islands West Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Novaliches Rizal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Novaliches Bulacan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bethal Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultan Kudarat (town) Maguindanao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odawara Castle Sagami Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cellamare Province of Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerzu Province of Ogliastra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Dacia Roman Empire via predicate surface "wasFrontierProvinceOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Premier Mine Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nivernais historical province
surface form: Nivernais
1790 via predicate surface "abolishedAsProvinceIn" ⓘ
Buin District North Solomons Province via predicate surface "partOfFormerProvince" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germiston, South Africa
surface form: Germiston
Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Digul River Papua Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyeri Central Province, Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Usa Hachiman-gū Buzen Province NERFINISHED ⓘ