Cilician Gates
E344300
The Cilician Gates is a historically significant mountain pass in southern Turkey that has long served as a key route between Anatolia and the Cilician plain, used by traders, armies, and empires since antiquity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cilician Gates canonical | 4 |
| Ciliciae Portae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3276540 — 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: Cilician Gates Context triple: [Taurus Mountains, passesInclude, Cilician Gates]
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A.
Kilik Pass
Kilik Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram range that historically served as an important trade and travel route between Central and South Asia.
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B.
Shipka Pass
Shipka Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in central Bulgaria, best known as a major battleground during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
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C.
Malinta
Malinta is a barangay (village-level administrative division) of the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
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D.
Famagusta Gate
Famagusta Gate is a historic Venetian-era city gate in Nicosia, Cyprus, that once served as the main eastern entrance through the old city walls.
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E.
Caspian Gates
Caspian Gates is an ancient fortified pass and defensive structure near Derbent that historically controlled access between the Caucasus region and the Caspian Sea.
- 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: Cilician Gates Target entity description: The Cilician Gates is a historically significant mountain pass in southern Turkey that has long served as a key route between Anatolia and the Cilician plain, used by traders, armies, and empires since antiquity.
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A.
Kilik Pass
Kilik Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakoram range that historically served as an important trade and travel route between Central and South Asia.
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B.
Shipka Pass
Shipka Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in central Bulgaria, best known as a major battleground during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
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C.
Malinta
Malinta is a barangay (village-level administrative division) of the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
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D.
Famagusta Gate
Famagusta Gate is a historic Venetian-era city gate in Nicosia, Cyprus, that once served as the main eastern entrance through the old city walls.
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E.
Caspian Gates
Caspian Gates is an ancient fortified pass and defensive structure near Derbent that historically controlled access between the Caucasus region and the Caspian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ |
| category |
Historical routes in Anatolia
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Landforms of Adana Province ⓘ Mountain passes of Turkey ⓘ |
| connects |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form:
Central Anatolia
Cilician plain ⓘ Mediterranean coast ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| crosses | main ridge of the Taurus Mountains ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
narrow gorge
ⓘ
steep mountain slopes ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Cappadocia
ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ |
| knownInAntiquityAs |
Cilician Gates
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ciliciae Portae
Pylae Ciliciae ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adana Vilayet
ⓘ
surface form:
Adana Province
Cilicia ⓘ Taurus Mountains ⓘ southern Anatolia ⓘ
surface form:
southern Turkey
|
| near |
Pozantı
ⓘ
Tarsus ⓘ |
| partOf |
historic route between Tarsus and Cappadocia
ⓘ
historic trade routes between Anatolia and the Levant ⓘ |
| region | Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ |
| significance | one of the principal passes through the Taurus Mountains ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
commercial significance
ⓘ
key route between Anatolia and the Middle East ⓘ military significance ⓘ |
| toponymOrigin | Cilicia ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
modern highway
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ Arab armies ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Crusaders ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ armies ⓘ empires ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| usedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cilician Gates Description of subject: The Cilician Gates is a historically significant mountain pass in southern Turkey that has long served as a key route between Anatolia and the Cilician plain, used by traders, armies, and empires since antiquity.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ciliciae Portae