Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia
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The Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia was a major military and administrative jurisdiction of the Spanish monarchy that governed the historic region of Galicia in the northwest Iberian Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19522300 — 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: Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia Context triple: [captain general, historicallyUsedIn, Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia]
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A.
Spanish Captaincy General of Catalonia
The Spanish Captaincy General of Catalonia was an early modern military and administrative jurisdiction of the Spanish Monarchy that governed the Catalan territories, combining civil authority with command over regional armed forces.
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B.
New Galicia
New Galicia was a colonial-era province of the Spanish Empire in western Mexico, administered as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
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C.
Captaincy General of the Canary Islands
The Captaincy General of the Canary Islands was a Spanish colonial administrative and military jurisdiction that governed the Canary Islands on behalf of the Spanish Crown.
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D.
Governorate of New Andalusia
The Governorate of New Andalusia was a Spanish colonial administrative territory in northern South America during the early period of the Spanish Empire.
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E.
Canary Islands – Crown of Castile
The Canary Islands – Crown of Castile refers to the historical period and political status in which the Canary Islands were incorporated into and governed as a possession of the Crown of Castile, a major medieval Spanish kingdom.
- 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: Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia Target entity description: The Spanish Captaincy General of Galicia was a major military and administrative jurisdiction of the Spanish monarchy that governed the historic region of Galicia in the northwest Iberian Peninsula.
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A.
Spanish Captaincy General of Catalonia
The Spanish Captaincy General of Catalonia was an early modern military and administrative jurisdiction of the Spanish Monarchy that governed the Catalan territories, combining civil authority with command over regional armed forces.
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B.
New Galicia
New Galicia was a colonial-era province of the Spanish Empire in western Mexico, administered as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
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C.
Captaincy General of the Canary Islands
The Captaincy General of the Canary Islands was a Spanish colonial administrative and military jurisdiction that governed the Canary Islands on behalf of the Spanish Crown.
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D.
Governorate of New Andalusia
The Governorate of New Andalusia was a Spanish colonial administrative territory in northern South America during the early period of the Spanish Empire.
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E.
Canary Islands – Crown of Castile
The Canary Islands – Crown of Castile refers to the historical period and political status in which the Canary Islands were incorporated into and governed as a possession of the Crown of Castile, a major medieval Spanish kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.