Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza
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The Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza is the main modern community of the Samaritan people, located on Mount Gerizim near Nablus in the West Bank.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samaritan community of Mount Gerizim | 1 |
| Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4748363 — 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: Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza Context triple: [Mount Gerizim area, contains, Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza]
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A.
Kfar Nahum
Kfar Nahum is the modern Israeli site identified with the ancient fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, known for its significant New Testament associations.
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B.
Tel Beth Shemesh
Tel Beth Shemesh is an archaeological mound in central Israel identified with the ancient biblical city of Beth Shemesh, known from both biblical texts and extensive excavations.
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C.
Beit Shmuel
Beit Shmuel is a classic halachic commentary on the Even Ha’ezer section of the Shulchan Aruch, widely studied in traditional Jewish legal scholarship.
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D.
Kfar Shmaryahu
Kfar Shmaryahu is an affluent suburban village in central Israel known for its high standard of living and proximity to Tel Aviv.
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E.
Giv'at Shmuel
Giv'at Shmuel is a city in central Israel, part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and known for its largely religious-Zionist community and proximity to Bar-Ilan University.
- 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: Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza Target entity description: The Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza is the main modern community of the Samaritan people, located on Mount Gerizim near Nablus in the West Bank.
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A.
Kfar Nahum
Kfar Nahum is the modern Israeli site identified with the ancient fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, known for its significant New Testament associations.
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B.
Tel Beth Shemesh
Tel Beth Shemesh is an archaeological mound in central Israel identified with the ancient biblical city of Beth Shemesh, known from both biblical texts and extensive excavations.
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C.
Beit Shmuel
Beit Shmuel is a classic halachic commentary on the Even Ha’ezer section of the Shulchan Aruch, widely studied in traditional Jewish legal scholarship.
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D.
Kfar Shmaryahu
Kfar Shmaryahu is an affluent suburban village in central Israel known for its high standard of living and proximity to Tel Aviv.
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E.
Giv'at Shmuel
Giv'at Shmuel is a city in central Israel, part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and known for its largely religious-Zionist community and proximity to Bar-Ilan University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Samaritan village
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ village in the West Bank ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Palestinian National Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
Palestinian Authority
|
| country | State of Palestine ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Samaria ⓘ |
| elevation | located on the summit area of Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| ethnoReligiousCommunity |
Samaritans of Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Samaritans of Shechem
|
| governorate | Nablus Governorate ⓘ |
| hasCemetery |
Samaritan cemetery on Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Gerizim area
|
| hasCommunityInstitution |
Samaritan community council
ⓘ
Samaritan museum or heritage center ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship |
Samaritan synagogue on Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Gerizim area
|
| hasRole | main modern community of the Samaritan people ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Samaritans ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Modern Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
Palestinian Arabic ⓘ
linked to:
Levantine Arabic
Samaritan Hebrew (liturgical) ⓘ
linked to:
Samaritan Hebrew
|
| locatedIn |
Palestine
ⓘ
linked to:
Palestinian territories
West Bank ⓘ central highlands of historic Samaria ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nablus ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Gerizim area
|
| majorityPopulation | Samaritans ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | City of Luza ⓘ |
| near |
Israeli settlement of Har Brakha
ⓘ
Samaritan sacred precinct on Mount Gerizim ⓘ archaeological remains of ancient Samaritan settlements on Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| partOf |
Samaritan community
ⓘ
linked to:
Samaritanism
|
| pilgrimageDestinationFor | Samaritans during major festivals ⓘ |
| populationGroup | one of two main Samaritan population centers ⓘ |
| region |
Northern West Bank
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern West Bank planning region
|
| religion | Samaritanism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | center of Samaritan religious life on Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| religiousSiteFor | Samaritan Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| replaced | Samaritan quarter in Nablus ⓘ |
| sisterCommunity | Samaritan community in Holon, Israel ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+02:00 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+03:00 ⓘ |
| toponymLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza Description of subject: The Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza is the main modern community of the Samaritan people, located on Mount Gerizim near Nablus in the West Bank.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Samaritan village of Kiryat Luza