colonialPowerOfOrigin
P4289
predicate
Indicates the colonial state or empire from which a colony or formerly colonized territory originated or was governed.
All labels observed (27)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| hasColonialPower | 41 |
| historicalColonialPower | 37 |
| coloniser | 20 |
| countryDuringColonialPeriod | 20 |
| colonizer | 15 |
| colonialPredecessor | 9 |
| colonialPowerOfOrigin canonical | 6 |
| foundingColonialPower | 6 |
| hasMajorColonialPower | 6 |
| colonialPowerAssociated | 5 |
| colonialPowerRepresented | 5 |
| hasColonialOrigin | 5 |
| colonisingPower | 4 |
| formerColonyType | 4 |
| originalColonialPower | 4 |
| colonialNameGivenBy | 3 |
| colonialPowerContext | 3 |
| colonialPowersInRegion | 3 |
| colonialPowerHistoricallyRulingHomeland | 2 |
| hasColonialCountry | 2 |
| colonialPowerAtFounding | 1 |
| colonialPowerShared | 1 |
| countryOfColonialSettlement | 1 |
| formerColonialPowerOfNeighboringTerritory | 1 |
| governingColonialPowerAtFounding | 1 |
| governingCountryDuringColonialEra | 1 |
| primaryColonialPowerAssociated | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: colonialPowerOfOrigin
Generated description
Indicates the colonial state or empire from which a colony or formerly colonized territory originated or was governed.
Sample triples (207)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik |
United States of America
via predicate surface "hasColonialCountry"
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony | United Kingdom via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Wiltwyck | Dutch Republic via predicate surface "foundingColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Wiltwyck |
New Netherland
via predicate surface "foundingColonialPower"
ⓘ
surface form:
New Netherland colony
|
| Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration | France via predicate surface "formerColonialPowerOfNeighboringTerritory" ⓘ |
| Russian colonization of the Americas | Russian Empire via predicate surface "colonizer" ⓘ |
| San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato, Viceroyalty of New Spain | Spain via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Tanganyika | German East Africa via predicate surface "colonialPredecessor" ⓘ |
| Chagossians | United Kingdom via predicate surface "colonialPowerHistoricallyRulingHomeland" ⓘ |
| Chagossians | France via predicate surface "colonialPowerHistoricallyRulingHomeland" ⓘ |
| Cree peoples | French colonists via predicate surface "colonialNameGivenBy" ⓘ |
| Cree peoples | English colonists via predicate surface "colonialNameGivenBy" ⓘ |
| Cotonou plantation | France via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Kupang | Portugal via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Kupang | Netherlands via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Douala | Germany via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Douala | France via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Kannur | Portuguese Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Kannur |
Dutch colonial empire
via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower"
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Empire
|
| Kannur | British Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | Spain via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Rhodesia | British Empire via predicate surface "colonialPredecessor" ⓘ |
| Battle of Cone | Spanish Empire via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Ambon | Portugal via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Ambon | Netherlands via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Gravesend | Dutch colonial period via predicate surface "hasColonialOrigin" ⓘ |
| Creole Surinamese | Dutch colonial empire via predicate surface "colonialPowerContext" ⓘ |
| Charcas | Spanish Empire via predicate surface "foundingColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Serampore | Denmark–Norway via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Elmina | Portugal via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Elmina | Netherlands via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Elmina |
United Kingdom
via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower"
ⓘ
surface form:
Britain
|
| Kufra region | Italian Libya via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Captaincy of Pernambuco | Kingdom of Portugal via predicate surface "colonizer" ⓘ |
| British colonisation of New Zealand | United Kingdom via predicate surface "colonisingPower" ⓘ |
| British colonisation of New Zealand | British Empire via predicate surface "colonisingPower" ⓘ |
| San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax | Spain via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Fernando Póo |
Río Muni
via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod"
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Guinea
|
| European New Caledonians | France ⓘ |
| Yanaon | French India via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Kishangarh State | British India via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Nzebi people |
French Equatorial Africa
via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod"
ⓘ
surface form:
French Congo
|
| Intendancy of Guadalajara | Spain via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" ⓘ |
| First Republic of Nigeria |
British West Africa
via predicate surface "colonialPredecessor"
ⓘ
surface form:
British Nigeria
|
| Tamazula, Nueva Vizcaya, Viceroyalty of New Spain | Spanish Empire via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" ⓘ |
| Mahikeng | United Kingdom via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" ⓘ |
| Burghers (Sri Lanka) | Portuguese Empire via predicate surface "colonialPowerAssociated" ⓘ |
| Burghers (Sri Lanka) |
Dutch colonial empire
via predicate surface "colonialPowerAssociated"
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Empire
|
| Burghers (Sri Lanka) | British Empire via predicate surface "colonialPowerAssociated" ⓘ |
| British colonisation of Australia | British Empire via predicate surface "colonisingPower" ⓘ |