Province of Delaware

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British colony former colony historical region

The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Delaware	113
Delaware, United States	8
State of Delaware	7
Delaware (U.S. state)	2
Province of Delaware canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84642 — 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: Province of Delaware
Context triple: [New Netherland, successorState, Province of Delaware]

A. Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Jersey.
B. Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Province of South Carolina
The Province of South Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of South Carolina and played a significant role in the economic and political life of the southern colonies.
E. Province of North Carolina
The Province of North Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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: Province of Delaware
Target entity description: The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.

A. Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Jersey.
B. Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of New Hampshire and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
C. Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
D. Province of South Carolina
The Province of South Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of South Carolina and played a significant role in the economic and political life of the southern colonies.
E. Province of North Carolina
The Province of North Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of North Carolina.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Colony of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Province of Maryland Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
capital	New Castle ⓘ
contains	Kent County, Delaware ⓘ surface form: Kent County New Castle County, Delaware ⓘ surface form: New Castle County Sussex County ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ
endTime	1776 ⓘ
establishedBy	Duke of York ⓘ William Penn ⓘ
event	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence
flag	Flag of Delaware ⓘ
followedBy	Province of Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delaware
governmentType	British colonial government ⓘ
hasColonialPower	England ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Delaware River ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement	Dover ⓘ Lewes ⓘ New Castle ⓘ
hasTerritorialOverlap	Lower Counties on the Delaware ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Delaware Colony ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislature	Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Delaware River ⓘ Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
partOf	Middle Colonies ⓘ Colony of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Colony Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
precededBy	New Netherland ⓘ New Sweden ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Quakerism ⓘ
replacedBy	Province of Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: State of Delaware
sharesGovernorWith	Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
startTime	1664 ⓘ 1704 ⓘ
todayPartOf	Province of Delaware self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delaware United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States