Ancient Elis

region of Ancient Greece
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q6536845
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Ancient Elis

Summary

Ancient Elis is a historical region[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancient Elis is in the country of Greece[3].
  • Ancient Elis's instance of is recorded as historical region[4].
  • Ancient Elis's capital is recorded as Elis[5].
  • Ancient Elis's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Elis[6].
  • Ancient Elis's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.66666667, 'lon': 21.5}[7].
  • Ancient Elis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Elis[8].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • Ancient Elis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18].
  • Ancient Elis's category for people born here is recorded as Q104872209[19].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλεῖος'}[20].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλεία'}[21].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλείω'}[22].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλεία'}[23].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλεῖοι'}[24].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἠλεῖαι'}[25].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'элеец'}[26].
  • Ancient Elis's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'элейцы'}[27].

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Geography

Ancient Elis is in the country of Greece[3].

Designation and Status

Ancient Elis's instance of is recorded as historical region[4].

Why It Matters

Ancient Elis has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here Q104872209
    Instance of
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +7
    Time period classical antiquity
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 2385, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284622|Elis (#107284622)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]] "
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