Captaincy of Maranhão
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The Captaincy of Maranhão was a colonial administrative division of the Portuguese Empire in northern Brazil, centered around São Luís and serving as a key hub for regional governance and trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captaincy of Maranhão canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23539266 — 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: Captaincy of Maranhão Context triple: [Captaincy of Piauí, borderedBy, Captaincy of Maranhão]
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A.
Captaincy of Paraíba
The Captaincy of Paraíba was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern region along the Atlantic coast, centered around the area of present-day Paraíba state.
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B.
Captaincy of Pernambuco
The Captaincy of Pernambuco was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil, centered on the lucrative sugar-producing region around present-day Recife and Olinda.
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C.
Captaincy of Ceará
The Captaincy of Ceará was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil that encompassed the territory of present-day Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
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D.
Captaincy of Piauí
The Captaincy of Piauí was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern interior, corresponding roughly to the modern Brazilian state of Piauí.
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E.
Captaincy of Bahia
The Captaincy of Bahia was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil centered on the important coastal city of Salvador, which served as an early capital and key political, economic, and military hub in the region.
- 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: Captaincy of Maranhão Target entity description: The Captaincy of Maranhão was a colonial administrative division of the Portuguese Empire in northern Brazil, centered around São Luís and serving as a key hub for regional governance and trade.
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A.
Captaincy of Paraíba
The Captaincy of Paraíba was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern region along the Atlantic coast, centered around the area of present-day Paraíba state.
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B.
Captaincy of Pernambuco
The Captaincy of Pernambuco was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil, centered on the lucrative sugar-producing region around present-day Recife and Olinda.
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C.
Captaincy of Ceará
The Captaincy of Ceará was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil that encompassed the territory of present-day Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
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D.
Captaincy of Piauí
The Captaincy of Piauí was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern interior, corresponding roughly to the modern Brazilian state of Piauí.
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E.
Captaincy of Bahia
The Captaincy of Bahia was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil centered on the important coastal city of Salvador, which served as an early capital and key political, economic, and military hub in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.