Syrian coast

E376828

coastal region geographical region historical region

The Syrian coast is a historically rich eastern Mediterranean shoreline region encompassing ancient port cities and cultural centers such as Ugarit.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Levantine coast	7
Syrian coast canonical	5
Mediterranean coast of Syria	2
Syrian coastal region	2
Syrian Coastal Region	1
Syrian coastal plain	1
Syro-Palestinian coast	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3670160 — 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: Syrian coast
Context triple: [Ugarit, locatedIn, Syrian coast]

A. Latakia Bay
Latakia Bay is a coastal inlet of the Mediterranean Sea along Syria’s western shoreline, adjacent to the port city of Latakia.
B. Turkish coast
The Turkish coast is the long, diverse shoreline of Turkey along the Aegean, Mediterranean, Black, and Marmara Seas, known for its beaches, historic sites, and popular resort towns.
C. Anatolian coast
The Anatolian coast is the western shoreline of modern-day Turkey along the Aegean Sea, historically dotted with ancient Greek cities and important maritime trade routes.
D. Red Sea coast
The Red Sea coast is the long, narrow shoreline bordering the Red Sea, known for its arid climate, coral-rich waters, and strategic location between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
E. Gulf of Sidra
The Gulf of Sidra is a large embayment of the Mediterranean Sea along the northern coast of Libya, historically significant as a strategic maritime area and frequent site of geopolitical tensions.
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: Syrian coast
Target entity description: The Syrian coast is a historically rich eastern Mediterranean shoreline region encompassing ancient port cities and cultural centers such as Ugarit.

A. Latakia Bay
Latakia Bay is a coastal inlet of the Mediterranean Sea along Syria’s western shoreline, adjacent to the port city of Latakia.
B. Turkish coast
The Turkish coast is the long, diverse shoreline of Turkey along the Aegean, Mediterranean, Black, and Marmara Seas, known for its beaches, historic sites, and popular resort towns.
C. Anatolian coast
The Anatolian coast is the western shoreline of modern-day Turkey along the Aegean Sea, historically dotted with ancient Greek cities and important maritime trade routes.
D. Red Sea coast
The Red Sea coast is the long, narrow shoreline bordering the Red Sea, known for its arid climate, coral-rich waters, and strategic location between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
E. Gulf of Sidra
The Gulf of Sidra is a large embayment of the Mediterranean Sea along the northern coast of Libya, historically significant as a strategic maritime area and frequent site of geopolitical tensions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borders	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Syrian coastal mountain range ⓘ
contains	Arwad Island ⓘ Mediterranean beaches ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ ancient port cities ⓘ
countryCoastOf	Syria ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Levantine cultures ⓘ Syrian ⓘ surface form: Syrian people
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ port trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	adjacent mountain ranges ⓘ coastal plains ⓘ natural harbors ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Baniyas ⓘ Jableh ⓘ Latakia ⓘ Tartus ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Latakia ⓘ Tartus ⓘ surface form: Port of Tartus
historicallyPartOf	Ottoman Syria ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Roman Syria ⓘ
knownFor	Mediterranean climate ⓘ agricultural production ⓘ ancient maritime trade ⓘ archaeological sites ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken	Arabic ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Phoenician ⓘ Ugaritic language ⓘ surface form: Ugaritic
locatedIn	Syria ⓘ
locatedOn	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
partOf	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
strategicImportance	Mediterranean naval access ⓘ regional trade routes ⓘ
timePeriodOfSignificance	Bronze Age ⓘ Classical antiquity ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ugarit → locatedIn → Syrian coast ⓘ

Jabala → partOf → Syrian coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian coastal region

western Syria → contains → Syrian coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Syria

this entity surface form: Syrian coastal plain

Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa → locatedIn → Syrian coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mediterranean coast of Syria

South Governorate → locatedOn → Syrian coast ⓘ