principalCityOf
P50537
predicate
Indicates that a city serves as the main or most important city (often administrative, economic, or cultural center) of a specified region or area.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| principalUrbanCenterOf | 6 |
| chiefCityOf | 5 |
| principalCityOf canonical | 5 |
| مدينة_رئيسية | 5 |
| majorCityOnRegion | 4 |
| majorCityInValley | 3 |
| primaryCitySetting | 3 |
| centralCityInTerritory | 2 |
| majorCityInTerritory | 2 |
| notableCityGoverned | 2 |
| primaryCityForAdministration | 2 |
| primaryCityOrRegion | 2 |
| wasPrincipalCityOf | 2 |
| capitalCityOfEbonyiState | 1 |
| capitalOfHeartland | 1 |
| capitalOrMainTown | 1 |
| chiefUrbanCenterOf | 1 |
| currentMainCity | 1 |
| executiveCity | 1 |
| isPrincipalMetropolitanCenterOf | 1 |
| mainCelebratedCity | 1 |
| mexicanSidePrincipalCity | 1 |
| midwestRegionalCity | 1 |
| modernMainCity | 1 |
| primaryCityForZone | 1 |
| primaryUrbanCenterOf | 1 |
| prominentCity | 1 |
| usSidePrincipalCity | 1 |
| მთავარი ქალაქი | 1 |
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: principalCityOf
Generated description
Indicates that a city serves as the main or most important city (often administrative, economic, or cultural center) of a specified region or area.
Sample triples (59)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Quad Cities (Illinois portion) |
Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Quad Cities metropolitan area
|
| Takeharu Yamanaka | Yokohama via predicate surface "notableCityGoverned" ⓘ |
| Chiusi |
Etruscans
via predicate surface "wasPrincipalCityOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Etruscan civilization
|
| America/Chihuahua | Chihuahua via predicate surface "primaryCityOrRegion" ⓘ |
| Tribe of Joseph | Shechem via predicate surface "centralCityInTerritory" ⓘ |
| Tribe of Joseph | Shiloh via predicate surface "centralCityInTerritory" ⓘ |
| Ibagué urban area | Tolima Department via predicate surface "isPrincipalMetropolitanCenterOf" ⓘ |
| Government of Sri Lanka | Colombo via predicate surface "executiveCity" ⓘ |
| Potentia | Lucania via predicate surface "chiefUrbanCenterOf" ⓘ |
| Teanum Sidicinum | Sidicini via predicate surface "chiefCityOf" ⓘ |
| Consentia | Bruttium via predicate surface "principalUrbanCenterOf" ⓘ |
| Ifni enclave | Sidi Ifni via predicate surface "currentMainCity" ⓘ |
| Markéta Vaňková | Brno via predicate surface "notableCityGoverned" ⓘ |
| Brownsville–Matamoros metropolitan area |
Brownsville
via predicate surface "usSidePrincipalCity"
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville, Texas
|
| Brownsville–Matamoros metropolitan area |
Matamoros
via predicate surface "mexicanSidePrincipalCity"
ⓘ
surface form:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
|
| Pacific/Palau |
Palau
via predicate surface "primaryCityOrRegion"
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Palau
|
| Toraja people | Rantepao via predicate surface "capitalOfHeartland" ⓘ |
| Xanthos | Lycia ⓘ |
| Ancient Ioulis | Kea ⓘ |
| Lower Volga | Volgograd via predicate surface "majorCityOnRegion" ⓘ |
| Lower Volga | Astrakhan via predicate surface "majorCityOnRegion" ⓘ |
| Lower Volga | Kamyshin via predicate surface "majorCityOnRegion" ⓘ |
| Lower Volga | Kharabali via predicate surface "majorCityOnRegion" ⓘ |
| Asculum | Piceni via predicate surface "chiefCityOf" ⓘ |
| Asia/Hebron | Hebron via predicate surface "primaryCityForZone" ⓘ |
| Dakotaverse | Dakota via predicate surface "primaryCitySetting" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Othello, Washington | Adams County, Washington via predicate surface "primaryUrbanCenterOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Anagnia | Hernici via predicate surface "principalUrbanCenterOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rabbah of the Ammonites | Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Larinum | Frentani via predicate surface "principalUrbanCenterOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Usumbura | Burundi via predicate surface "wasPrincipalCityOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Zarafshan River valley | Samarkand via predicate surface "majorCityInValley" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Zarafshan River valley | Bukhara via predicate surface "majorCityInValley" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Zarafshan River valley | Panjakent via predicate surface "majorCityInValley" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
South East
surface form:
South East Nigeria
|
Abakaliki via predicate surface "capitalCityOfEbonyiState" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Augustodunum | Aedui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Draa El Mizan | Kabylie via predicate surface "principalUrbanCenterOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Anglican dioceses of northern India | Calcutta via predicate surface "primaryCityForAdministration" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Anglican dioceses of northern India | Delhi via predicate surface "primaryCityForAdministration" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament | Kansas City, Missouri via predicate surface "midwestRegionalCity" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Chernihiv Voivodeship | Chernihiv via predicate surface "modernMainCity" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mediolanum | Cisalpine Gaul via predicate surface "chiefCityOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kutaia | Colchian civilization via predicate surface "principalUrbanCenterOf" ⓘ |
| United States Sesquicentennial Exposition | Philadelphia via predicate surface "mainCelebratedCity" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
الشام
surface form:
بلاد الشام
|
دمشق via predicate surface "مدينة_رئيسية" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
الشام
surface form:
بلاد الشام
|
حلب via predicate surface "مدينة_رئيسية" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
الشام
surface form:
بلاد الشام
|
القدس via predicate surface "مدينة_رئيسية" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
الشام
surface form:
بلاد الشام
|
بيروت via predicate surface "مدينة_رئيسية" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
الشام
surface form:
بلاد الشام
|
عمان via predicate surface "مدينة_رئيسية" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| On the Beach universe | Melbourne via predicate surface "primaryCitySetting" NERFINISHED ⓘ |