Cocama-Cocamilla
E270711
Cocama-Cocamilla are an indigenous people of the western Amazon, primarily in Peru’s Loreto Region, known for their distinct Cocama language and riverine culture along the Amazon and its tributaries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocama-Cocamilla canonical | 2 |
| Cocama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2405575 — 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: Cocama-Cocamilla Context triple: [Loreto Region, indigenousPeople, Cocama-Cocamilla]
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A.
Aguaruna
Aguaruna are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon, known for their Jivaroan language, forest-based livelihoods, and strong traditions of autonomy and resistance.
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B.
Caparrapí
Caparrapí is a municipality in central Colombia known for its rural character and location within the Andean region of the Cundinamarca Department.
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C.
Marmato
Marmato is a historic Colombian mining town in the Caldas Department, renowned for its centuries-old gold extraction and terraced mountainside setting.
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D.
Ouahigouya
Ouahigouya is a major city in northern Burkina Faso known as an important commercial and administrative center of the region.
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E.
Comayagüela
Comayagüela is a major urban district of Honduras that, together with Tegucigalpa, forms the country’s capital area.
- 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: Cocama-Cocamilla Target entity description: Cocama-Cocamilla are an indigenous people of the western Amazon, primarily in Peru’s Loreto Region, known for their distinct Cocama language and riverine culture along the Amazon and its tributaries.
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A.
Aguaruna
Aguaruna are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon, known for their Jivaroan language, forest-based livelihoods, and strong traditions of autonomy and resistance.
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B.
Caparrapí
Caparrapí is a municipality in central Colombia known for its rural character and location within the Andean region of the Cundinamarca Department.
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C.
Marmato
Marmato is a historic Colombian mining town in the Caldas Department, renowned for its centuries-old gold extraction and terraced mountainside setting.
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D.
Ouahigouya
Ouahigouya is a major city in northern Burkina Faso known as an important commercial and administrative center of the region.
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E.
Comayagüela
Comayagüela is a major urban district of Honduras that, together with Tegucigalpa, forms the country’s capital area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| colonialRole | served as intermediaries in colonial river trade ⓘ |
| contactHistory | had early contact with Spanish colonizers in the Amazon region ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
river-based transportation by canoe and boat
ⓘ
use of floodplain resources ⓘ |
| culturalThreats |
acculturation pressures
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| culturalType | riverine culture ⓘ |
| demography | communities often located along riverbanks ⓘ |
| ethnonym |
Cocama-Cocamilla
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cocama
Cocamilla ⓘ Kokama ⓘ |
| heritage | Amazonian indigenous heritage ⓘ |
| identity | maintain distinct ethnic identity ⓘ |
| language | Cocama language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian languages ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization | subject of revitalization efforts in some communities ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily |
Tupi–Guaraní
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupi–Guarani languages
|
| mainstreamLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| neighboringGroups |
Shipibo-Conibo
ⓘ
Tikuna people ⓘ
surface form:
Tikuna
Yagua ⓘ |
| organizationType | some communities organized in indigenous federations ⓘ |
| politicalIssues |
access to natural resources
ⓘ
cultural recognition ⓘ land rights ⓘ |
| populationStatus | relatively small population ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Peru ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Loreto Region of Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
Loreto Region
|
| region |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
western Amazon ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Amazon River
ⓘ
Huallaga River ⓘ Marañón River ⓘ Ucayali River ⓘ tributaries of the Amazon River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cocama-Cocamilla Description of subject: Cocama-Cocamilla are an indigenous people of the western Amazon, primarily in Peru’s Loreto Region, known for their distinct Cocama language and riverine culture along the Amazon and its tributaries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Loreto Region
this entity surface form:
Cocama