Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué)
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The Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué) was a 16th-century Portuguese seizure and fortification of the Moroccan Atlantic port of Agadir, marking a key episode in Portugal’s coastal expansion and rivalry with local powers in North Africa.
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| Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15251040 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué) Context triple: [Portuguese expansion into North Africa, hasKeyEvent, Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué)]
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A.
Franco-Moroccan War (1844)
The Franco-Moroccan War (1844) was a brief 19th-century conflict between France and Morocco, sparked by French expansion in Algeria and culminating in a decisive French victory that reshaped regional power dynamics in North Africa.
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B.
French military intervention in Fez
The French military intervention in Fez was a 1911 deployment of French troops to the Moroccan city of Fez that escalated European tensions and helped spark the Second Moroccan Crisis.
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C.
Siege of Melilla
The Siege of Melilla was a late 19th-century military confrontation in which Moroccan forces besieged the Spanish-held North African enclave of Melilla, becoming a key episode in Spain’s colonial campaigns in Morocco.
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D.
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
The Spanish Protectorate in Morocco was a colonial territory in northern and parts of southern Morocco under Spanish control from 1912 to 1956, administered alongside the French protectorate and known for its strategic Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal zones.
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E.
Moroccan campaign
The Moroccan campaign was a series of World War II military operations in North Africa focused on securing and controlling Morocco as part of the broader Allied and Axis struggle on the continent.
- 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: Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué) Target entity description: The Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué) was a 16th-century Portuguese seizure and fortification of the Moroccan Atlantic port of Agadir, marking a key episode in Portugal’s coastal expansion and rivalry with local powers in North Africa.
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A.
Franco-Moroccan War (1844)
The Franco-Moroccan War (1844) was a brief 19th-century conflict between France and Morocco, sparked by French expansion in Algeria and culminating in a decisive French victory that reshaped regional power dynamics in North Africa.
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B.
French military intervention in Fez
The French military intervention in Fez was a 1911 deployment of French troops to the Moroccan city of Fez that escalated European tensions and helped spark the Second Moroccan Crisis.
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C.
Siege of Melilla
The Siege of Melilla was a late 19th-century military confrontation in which Moroccan forces besieged the Spanish-held North African enclave of Melilla, becoming a key episode in Spain’s colonial campaigns in Morocco.
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D.
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
The Spanish Protectorate in Morocco was a colonial territory in northern and parts of southern Morocco under Spanish control from 1912 to 1956, administered alongside the French protectorate and known for its strategic Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal zones.
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E.
Moroccan campaign
The Moroccan campaign was a series of World War II military operations in North Africa focused on securing and controlling Morocco as part of the broader Allied and Axis struggle on the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Portuguese expansion into North Africa
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hasKeyEvent
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Occupation of Agadir (Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué)
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