Nouadhibou
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Nouadhibou is a major coastal city in northwestern Mauritania, known as an important fishing and commercial hub on the Atlantic coast near the Western Sahara border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nouadhibou canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13879452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nouadhibou Context triple: [Cabo Blanco Peninsula, nearbyCity, Nouadhibou]
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A.
Nouakchott
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.
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B.
Obock
Obock is a coastal town in northeastern Djibouti, situated on the Gulf of Tadjoura and known historically as one of the country’s earliest French colonial settlements.
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C.
Dzaoudzi
Dzaoudzi is a coastal town on the island of Petite-Terre in Mayotte, serving as one of the territory’s main urban centers and former capital.
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D.
Dakar
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, located on the Atlantic coast and serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub of West Africa.
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E.
Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nouadhibou Target entity description: Nouadhibou is a major coastal city in northwestern Mauritania, known as an important fishing and commercial hub on the Atlantic coast near the Western Sahara border.
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A.
Nouakchott
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.
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B.
Obock
Obock is a coastal town in northeastern Djibouti, situated on the Gulf of Tadjoura and known historically as one of the country’s earliest French colonial settlements.
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C.
Dzaoudzi
Dzaoudzi is a coastal town on the island of Petite-Terre in Mayotte, serving as one of the territory’s main urban centers and former capital.
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D.
Dakar
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, located on the Atlantic coast and serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub of West Africa.
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E.
Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.