flag of the Balearic Islands
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The flag of the Balearic Islands is a regional Spanish flag featuring Catalan-style red and yellow stripes with a distinctive canton symbolizing the archipelago’s identity and historical ties to the Crown of Aragon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| flag of the Balearic Islands canonical | 3 |
| Flag of the Balearic Islands | 1 |
| Senyera of Mallorca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3494399 — 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: flag of the Balearic Islands Context triple: [Arms of the Crown of Aragon with Catalan stripes, influenced, flag of the Balearic Islands]
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flags of Catalonia
Flags of Catalonia are the various historical and political banners representing Catalan identity, nationalism, and regional symbolism, including both official and protest flags.
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C.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African heritage.
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D.
Flag of Aragon
The Flag of Aragon is a historic banner of four red pallets on a golden field, symbolizing the Crown of Aragon and serving as the official flag of the autonomous community of Aragon in northeastern Spain.
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E.
Flag of Spain
The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
- 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: flag of the Balearic Islands Target entity description: The flag of the Balearic Islands is a regional Spanish flag featuring Catalan-style red and yellow stripes with a distinctive canton symbolizing the archipelago’s identity and historical ties to the Crown of Aragon.
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A.
Flag of the Canary Islands
The Flag of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of white, blue, and yellow that symbolizes the Spanish Atlantic archipelago’s maritime heritage and insular identity.
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B.
Flags of Catalonia
Flags of Catalonia are the various historical and political banners representing Catalan identity, nationalism, and regional symbolism, including both official and protest flags.
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C.
Flag of Melilla
The Flag of Melilla is the official banner of the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, featuring a blue field charged with the city’s historic coat of arms that reflects its Iberian and North African heritage.
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D.
Flag of Aragon
The Flag of Aragon is a historic banner of four red pallets on a golden field, symbolizing the Crown of Aragon and serving as the official flag of the autonomous community of Aragon in northeastern Spain.
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E.
Flag of Spain
The Flag of Spain is a horizontal red-yellow-red tricolour with the national coat of arms, symbolizing the Spanish state and used as its primary national emblem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil flag
ⓘ
regional flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1983 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands ⓘ |
| basedOn | Senyera ⓘ |
| cantonCharge | white castle ⓘ |
| cantonColor | purple ⓘ |
| cantonPosition | upper hoist-side corner ⓘ |
| castleColor | white ⓘ |
| castleRoofColor | purple ⓘ |
| castleWindowsColor | black ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of autonomous communities of Spain
ⓘ
Flags with castles ⓘ Flags with horizontal stripes ⓘ |
| colorScheme |
purple and white in canton
ⓘ
red and yellow ⓘ |
| containsSymbol | castle ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| displayedWith |
flag of Spain
ⓘ
municipal flags of Balearic localities ⓘ |
| fieldColor | yellow ⓘ |
| governmentUse | on public buildings in the Balearic Islands ⓘ |
| hasCanton | purple rectangle with a white castle ⓘ |
| hasDesign | yellow field with four red horizontal stripes and a canton ⓘ |
| hasNameInCatalan | bandera de les Illes Balears ⓘ |
| hasNameInSpanish | bandera de las Islas Baleares ⓘ |
| hasPattern | four red horizontal stripes on yellow background ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Flag of Aragon
ⓘ
surface form:
flag of the Crown of Aragon
|
| legalStatus | official flag of the Balearic Islands ⓘ |
| officialLanguageContext |
Catalan
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| proportion | 2:3 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
flag of the Balearic Islands
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Senyera of Mallorca
coat of arms of the Balearic Islands ⓘ |
| represents |
Balearic Islands
ⓘ
Balearic Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Balearic autonomous community
|
| stripeColor | red ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Balearic Islands identity
ⓘ
Mediterranean island character ⓘ historical ties to the Crown of Aragon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Balearic Islands Parliament
Government of the Balearic Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Balearic Islands government
institutions of the Balearic Islands ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Formentera
ⓘ
Ibiza, Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Ibiza
Mallorca ⓘ Minorca ⓘ
surface form:
Menorca
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| usedSince | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: flag of the Balearic Islands Description of subject: The flag of the Balearic Islands is a regional Spanish flag featuring Catalan-style red and yellow stripes with a distinctive canton symbolizing the archipelago’s identity and historical ties to the Crown of Aragon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Balearic Islands
this entity surface form:
Senyera of Mallorca