“Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language
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“Mosi-oa-Tunya” is the Lozi name for Victoria Falls, one of the world’s largest and most famous waterfalls on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2199768 — 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: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language Context triple: [The Smoke that Thunders, regionLanguageName, “Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language]
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A.
Kiswah
Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
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B.
Mpulungu
Mpulungu is a Zambian port town that serves as the country’s main access point to Lake Tanganyika and a hub for regional fishing and trade.
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C.
Tshiluba
Tshiluba is a Bantu language widely spoken in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Kasai region.
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D.
Luba
Luba is a coastal town and important port on the southern part of Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.
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E.
Umkhosi Wokweshwama
Umkhosi Wokweshwama is a traditional Zulu first-fruits harvest festival that reaffirms the king’s authority, ancestral veneration, and communal renewal.
- 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: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language Target entity description: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” is the Lozi name for Victoria Falls, one of the world’s largest and most famous waterfalls on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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A.
Kiswah
Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
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B.
Mpulungu
Mpulungu is a Zambian port town that serves as the country’s main access point to Lake Tanganyika and a hub for regional fishing and trade.
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C.
Tshiluba
Tshiluba is a Bantu language widely spoken in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Kasai region.
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D.
Luba
Luba is a coastal town and important port on the southern part of Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.
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E.
Umkhosi Wokweshwama
Umkhosi Wokweshwama is a traditional Zulu first-fruits harvest festival that reaffirms the king’s authority, ancestral veneration, and communal renewal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalWonder
ⓘ
touristAttraction ⓘ waterfall ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Victoria Falls ⓘ |
| approximateWidth |
1700 metres
ⓘ
5600 feet ⓘ |
| climateZone | subtropical ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Victoria Falls Bridge nearby ⓘ |
| fallsInto | series of narrow gorges ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
bungee jumping nearby
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ white-water rafting downstream ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Devil’s Pool near the edge of the falls ⓘ |
| hasGorgeBelow | Batonka Gorge system ⓘ |
| hasIslandAtCrest | Livingstone Island ⓘ |
| hasMistPlumeHeight | up to several hundred metres ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalVariation | water flow varies strongly with rainy and dry seasons ⓘ |
| hasViewFromTown |
Livingstone
ⓘ
Victoria Falls ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
|
| hasWorldHeritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasin | Zambezi Basin ⓘ |
| isAmong | largest waterfalls in the world by combined width and height ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large continuous sheet of falling water
ⓘ
spray visible from many kilometres away ⓘ thundering sound of falling water ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
Zambia
ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| locatedNearNationalPark |
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
ⓘ
Victoria Falls National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderBetween | Zambia and Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Zambezi River ⓘ |
| maximumHeight |
108 metres
ⓘ
354 feet ⓘ |
| meaning |
The Smoke that Thunders
ⓘ
surface form:
The Smoke That Thunders
|
| nameInLanguage | Lozi ⓘ |
| nearBorderPost | Victoria Falls border crossing ⓘ |
| partOf | Zambezi River system ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalHeritageOf |
Lozi people
ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major international tourist destination ⓘ |
| typeOfWaterfall | curtain waterfall ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria | (vii) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1989 ⓘ |
| visibleMistDistance | up to tens of kilometres under some conditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language Description of subject: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” is the Lozi name for Victoria Falls, one of the world’s largest and most famous waterfalls on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Referenced by (1)
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