Apollonia
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Apollonia was an ancient city in the region of Pisidia, in what is now southwestern Turkey, known as a Hellenistic and later Roman urban center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apollonia canonical | 1 |
| Apollonia in Pisidia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12494080 — 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: Apollonia Context triple: [Pisidia, majorCity, Apollonia]
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A.
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor, near the Rhyndacus River.
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B.
Apollonia (Illyria)
Apollonia (Illyria) was an important ancient Greek colony and later Roman city on the Adriatic coast in what is now Albania, known as a major commercial and cultural center of the region.
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C.
Phoebastria
Phoebastria is a genus of large seabirds in the albatross family, comprising several North Pacific albatross species.
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D.
Apamea
Apamea was an important ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, known as a commercial and strategic center.
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E.
Partheniae
Partheniae were a group of disenfranchised Spartan offspring who, according to tradition, left Sparta and went on to establish the colony of Tarentum in southern Italy.
- 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: Apollonia Target entity description: Apollonia was an ancient city in the region of Pisidia, in what is now southwestern Turkey, known as a Hellenistic and later Roman urban center.
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A.
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor, near the Rhyndacus River.
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B.
Apollonia (Illyria)
Apollonia (Illyria) was an important ancient Greek colony and later Roman city on the Adriatic coast in what is now Albania, known as a major commercial and cultural center of the region.
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C.
Phoebastria
Phoebastria is a genus of large seabirds in the albatross family, comprising several North Pacific albatross species.
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D.
Apamea
Apamea was an important ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, known as a commercial and strategic center.
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E.
Partheniae
Partheniae were a group of disenfranchised Spartan offspring who, according to tradition, left Sparta and went on to establish the colony of Tarentum in southern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollonia in Pisidia