Grão-Pará (captaincy)
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Grão-Pará (captaincy) was a major colonial administrative division of the Portuguese Empire in northern Brazil, centered in the Amazon region and playing a key role in regional governance and trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grão-Pará (captaincy) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14249071 — 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: Grão-Pará (captaincy) Context triple: [State of Maranhão, contains, Grão-Pará (captaincy)]
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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 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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C.
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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D.
Captaincy of Itamaracá
The Captaincy of Itamaracá was a hereditary Portuguese colonial administrative division in northeastern Brazil, centered on the island of Itamaracá and surrounding mainland areas during the early colonial period.
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E.
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.
- 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: Grão-Pará (captaincy) Target entity description: Grão-Pará (captaincy) was a major colonial administrative division of the Portuguese Empire in northern Brazil, centered in the Amazon region and playing a key role in 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 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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C.
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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D.
Captaincy of Itamaracá
The Captaincy of Itamaracá was a hereditary Portuguese colonial administrative division in northeastern Brazil, centered on the island of Itamaracá and surrounding mainland areas during the early colonial period.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.