Cape Verde Islands

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archipelago island country sovereign state volcanic archipelago

The Cape Verde Islands are a volcanic archipelago and island nation off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their Creole Portuguese-African culture, strategic Atlantic location, and tourism.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Verde	182
Republic of Cabo Verde	28
Cape Verde archipelago	21
Cabo Verde	17
Cape Verde Islands canonical	13
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	1
Cape Verde (English)	1
Cape Verdeans	1
Leeward Islands of Cape Verde	1
Republic of Cape Verde	1
Santiago Island (Cape Verde)	1
Sotavento and Barlavento archipelago of Cape Verde	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17593 — 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: Cape Verde Islands
Context triple: [Atlantic Ocean, hasNotableIslandGroup, Cape Verde Islands]

A. Azores
The Azores are a remote Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for their volcanic landscapes, lush greenery, and mild maritime climate.
B. Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged volcanic landscapes, mild subtropical climate, and namesake fortified wine.
C. Saint Helena
Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, best known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile and death.
D. Grenada
Grenada is a small Caribbean island nation known for its spice production, picturesque beaches, and lush mountainous interior.
E. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a small Caribbean island nation known for its volcanic main island, numerous smaller Grenadine islands, and tourism centered on sailing and beaches.
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: Cape Verde Islands
Target entity description: The Cape Verde Islands are a volcanic archipelago and island nation off the northwest coast of Africa, known for their Creole Portuguese-African culture, strategic Atlantic location, and tourism.

A. Azores
The Azores are a remote Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for their volcanic landscapes, lush greenery, and mild maritime climate.
B. Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its rugged volcanic landscapes, mild subtropical climate, and namesake fortified wine.
C. Saint Helena
Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, best known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile and death.
D. Grenada
Grenada is a small Caribbean island nation known for its spice production, picturesque beaches, and lush mountainous interior.
E. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a small Caribbean island nation known for its volcanic main island, numerous smaller Grenadine islands, and tourism centered on sailing and beaches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ island country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ volcanic archipelago ⓘ
callingCode	+238 ⓘ
capital	Praia ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ tropical dry ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
conventionalLongName	Cape Verde Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cabo Verde
country	Cape Verde Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cape Verde
culturalInfluence	Portuguese ⓘ West African ⓘ
currency	Cape Verdean escudo ⓘ
demonym	Cape Verdean ⓘ
ethnicComposition	mixed African and European descent majority ⓘ
formerName	Cape Verde Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cape Verde
governmentType	unitary semi-presidential republic ⓘ
highestElevationMeters	2829 ⓘ
highestPoint	Pico do Fogo ⓘ
independenceDate	1975-07-05 ⓘ
independenceFrom	Portugal ⓘ
internetTLD	.cv ⓘ
knownFor	Creole Portuguese-African culture ⓘ morna music ⓘ
largestCity	Praia ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Cabo Verde ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Northwest Africa ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Senegal ⓘ
majorEconomicSector	remittances ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
majorIsland	Boa Vista ⓘ Brava ⓘ Fogo ⓘ Maio ⓘ Sal ⓘ Santiago ⓘ Santo Antão ⓘ São Nicolau ⓘ São Vicente ⓘ
memberOf	African Union ⓘ Community of Portuguese Language Countries ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States United Nations ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
numberOfInhabitedIslands	9 ⓘ
numberOfIslands	10 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
shortName	Cape Verde Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabo Verde
strategicLocation	mid-Atlantic shipping and air routes ⓘ
timeZone	UTC−01:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (268)

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

Boa Vista → belongsTo → Cape Verde Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Boa Vista (Cape Verde)

this entity surface form: Republic of Cabo Verde

Rodrigues → usedInCountry → Cape Verde Islands ⓘ