Kohima
E162720
Kohima is the hilly capital city of Nagaland, known for its strategic role in World War II and its rich Naga cultural heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kohima canonical | 24 |
| Kohima, Nagaland, India | 3 |
| Kohima district | 2 |
| Kohima, Nagaland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1418499 — 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: Kohima Context triple: [Northeast India, hasMajorCity, Kohima]
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A.
Lashio
Lashio is a key town in northern Myanmar that historically served as an important transport and trade hub, particularly during World War II as the inland gateway to the Burma Road.
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B.
Rairangpur
Rairangpur is a town and legislative assembly constituency in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, known as the political base of President Droupadi Murmu.
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C.
Dandi
Dandi is a coastal village in Gujarat, India, historically renowned as the endpoint of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March, a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Bencoolen
Bencoolen is a historic British colonial settlement on the west coast of Sumatra, now known as Bengkulu, that served as an important outpost in early 19th-century Southeast Asia.
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E.
Port Blair
Port Blair is a coastal city in the Bay of Bengal known as the main gateway and administrative hub of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a history tied to colonial-era penal settlements.
- 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: Kohima Target entity description: Kohima is the hilly capital city of Nagaland, known for its strategic role in World War II and its rich Naga cultural heritage.
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A.
Lashio
Lashio is a key town in northern Myanmar that historically served as an important transport and trade hub, particularly during World War II as the inland gateway to the Burma Road.
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B.
Rairangpur
Rairangpur is a town and legislative assembly constituency in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, known as the political base of President Droupadi Murmu.
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C.
Dandi
Dandi is a coastal village in Gujarat, India, historically renowned as the endpoint of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March, a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Bencoolen
Bencoolen is a historic British colonial settlement on the west coast of Sumatra, now known as Bengkulu, that served as an important outpost in early 19th-century Southeast Asia.
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E.
Port Blair
Port Blair is a coastal city in the Bay of Bengal known as the main gateway and administrative hub of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a history tied to colonial-era penal settlements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city
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city ⓘ |
| battleHonour | Battle of Kohima described as one of Britain’s greatest battles ⓘ |
| climate | subtropical highland climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalEvent |
Hornbill Festival
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surface form:
Hornbill Festival (held near Kohima)
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| demographics | predominantly Naga population ⓘ |
| distanceFromDimapur | about 74 kilometres by road ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1444 metres
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approximately 4740 feet ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kohima Municipal Council ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Commonwealth war graves ⓘ |
| hasFestivalAssociation | Naga traditional festivals ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Naga peoples
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surface form:
Naga tribes
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| hasInstitution |
Nagaland Legislative Assembly
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Nagaland Secretariat ⓘ Nagaland State Museum ⓘ |
| hasTourism |
cultural tourism
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war tourism ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Battle of Kohima
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surface form:
Battle of Kohima in 1944
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| historicalSignificance | key Allied defensive position in WWII ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Nagaland ⓘ |
| isHilly | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Kohima
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Hornbill Festival proximity ⓘ Kohima War Cemetery ⓘ Naga cultural heritage ⓘ strategic role in World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
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Kohima self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kohima district
Northeast India ⓘ |
| memorial | Kohima War Cemetery ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction | Kisama Heritage Village ⓘ |
| nearestAirport | Dimapur Airport ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Dimapur ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kohima
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kohima district
|
| populationCategory | small city ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 797001 ⓘ |
| region | Naga Hills ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Christianity ⓘ |
| roadConnectivity | connected by National Highway 29 ⓘ |
| state | Nagaland ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | NL-01 ⓘ |
| WWIIRole | major battlefield in Burma Campaign ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kohima Description of subject: Kohima is the hilly capital city of Nagaland, known for its strategic role in World War II and its rich Naga cultural heritage.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northeast India
this entity surface form:
Kohima, Nagaland, India
this entity surface form:
Kohima, Nagaland, India
this entity surface form:
Kohima, Nagaland
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locationUsed
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Kohima
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this entity surface form:
Kohima, Nagaland, India