Kanawha (Native American people)
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The Kanawha were a Native American people historically associated with the Kanawha River region in present-day West Virginia, whose name survives in several modern place names.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kanawha (Native American people) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15175432 — 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: Kanawha (Native American people) Context triple: [Kanawha County, West Virginia, namedAfter, Kanawha (Native American people)]
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A.
Yakama
The Yakama are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, primarily based in south-central Washington State, known for their rich Plateau cultural traditions and their federally recognized Yakama Nation.
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B.
Kaw people
The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."
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C.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
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D.
Kokovokans
Kokovokans are the fictional inhabitants of the imaginary island of Kokovoko, mentioned in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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E.
Awaswas people
The Awaswas people were an Indigenous group of the central California coast, part of the Ohlone cultural area, whose traditional lands encompassed what is now Santa Cruz and surrounding regions.
- 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: Kanawha (Native American people) Target entity description: The Kanawha were a Native American people historically associated with the Kanawha River region in present-day West Virginia, whose name survives in several modern place names.
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A.
Yakama
The Yakama are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, primarily based in south-central Washington State, known for their rich Plateau cultural traditions and their federally recognized Yakama Nation.
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B.
Kaw people
The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."
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C.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
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D.
Kokovokans
Kokovokans are the fictional inhabitants of the imaginary island of Kokovoko, mentioned in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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E.
Awaswas people
The Awaswas people were an Indigenous group of the central California coast, part of the Ohlone cultural area, whose traditional lands encompassed what is now Santa Cruz and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.