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Question

This sparql query on wikidata shows all places in Germany (Q183) with a name that ends in -ow or -itz.
I want to extend this to look for places in Germany and, say, Austria.
I tried modifying the 8th line to something like:
wdt:P17 (wd:Q183 || wd:Q40);
in order to look for places in Austria (Q40), but this is not a valid query.
What is a way to extend the query to include other countries?

Answer 1

Afaik there is no syntax as simple as that. You can, however, use UNION to the same effect like this:
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?coord
WHERE
{
?item wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q486972;
rdfs:label ?itemLabel;
wdt:P625 ?coord;
{?item wdt:P17 wd:Q183}
UNION
{?item wdt:P17 wd:Q40}
FILTER (lang(?itemLabel) = "de") .
FILTER regex (?itemLabel, "(ow|itz)$").
}
or as an alternative create a new variable containing both countries using VALUES:
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?coord
WHERE
{
VALUES ?country { wd:Q40 wd:Q183 }
?item wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q486972;
wdt:P17 ?country;
rdfs:label ?itemLabel;
wdt:P625 ?coord;
FILTER (lang(?itemLabel) = "de") .
FILTER regex (?itemLabel, "(ow|itz)$").
}