Costa Mesa, California, United States

E780582

city

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California, known for its retail and arts centers like South Coast Plaza and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Costa Mesa, California	5
Costa Mesa, California, United States canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9135031 — 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: Costa Mesa, California, United States
Context triple: [Vans, headquartersLocation, Costa Mesa, California, United States]

A. Encinitas, California, United States
Encinitas, California, United States is a coastal city in northern San Diego County known for its surf beaches, laid-back atmosphere, and vibrant flower-growing industry.
B. Oceanside, California, United States
Oceanside is a coastal city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its sandy beaches, historic wooden pier, and laid-back Southern California surf culture.
C. Torrance, California, United States
Torrance is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, known as a suburban residential and commercial hub in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area.
D. Camarillo, California, United States
Camarillo is a suburban city in Ventura County, California, known for its mild climate, agricultural surroundings, and outlet shopping, located northwest of Los Angeles.
E. San Clemente, California, United States
San Clemente is a coastal city in Southern California known for its beaches, Spanish Colonial-style architecture, and its association with former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who maintained a famous seaside retreat there.
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: Costa Mesa, California, United States
Target entity description: Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California, known for its retail and arts centers like South Coast Plaza and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

A. Encinitas, California, United States
Encinitas, California, United States is a coastal city in northern San Diego County known for its surf beaches, laid-back atmosphere, and vibrant flower-growing industry.
B. Oceanside, California, United States
Oceanside is a coastal city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its sandy beaches, historic wooden pier, and laid-back Southern California surf culture.
C. Torrance, California, United States
Torrance is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, known as a suburban residential and commercial hub in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area.
D. Camarillo, California, United States
Camarillo is a suburban city in Ventura County, California, known for its mild climate, agricultural surroundings, and outlet shopping, located northwest of Los Angeles.
E. San Clemente, California, United States
San Clemente is a coastal city in Southern California known for its beaches, Spanish Colonial-style architecture, and its association with former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who maintained a famous seaside retreat there.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	714 ⓘ 949 ⓘ
borderedByCity	Fountain Valley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Huntington Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Irvine, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Ana, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Orange County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 33 feet ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasArtsCenter	Segerstrom Center for the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollege	Orange Coast College NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanguard University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction	The Camp retail center NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lab Anti-Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	arts and entertainment ⓘ education ⓘ retail ⓘ
hasFairground	OC Fair & Event Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLibrarySystem	Orange County Public Libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPark	Fairview Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPerformingArtsVenue	Segerstrom Center for the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ South Coast Repertory NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRetailCenter	South Coast Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict	Newport-Mesa Unified School District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShoppingCenter	South Coast Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostsEvent	Orange County Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedIn	1953 ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Los Angeles metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern California ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorHighway	Interstate 405 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 73 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestAirport	John Wayne Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	City of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguageDeFacto	English ⓘ
partOf	Orange County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	92626 ⓘ 92627 ⓘ 92628 ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
timeZoneDST	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Pacific Daylight Time

How these facts were elicited